The operation involved over 2,500 police officers who set up checkpoints on inter-regional travel routes and conducted checks on around 8,000 people and over 5,300 vehicles. This operation yielded significant results, including the arrest of 42 unrelated suspects, 22 of whom were involved in narcotics offenses, three in the execution of existing arrest warrants, and one in suspected burglary.
The state of Hesse’s Interior Minister, Peter Beuth, commended the cross-state nature of the operation and emphasized the need for better protection of ATMs to break up organized gangs. The German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser further expressed concern over the sharp increase in ATM demolitions and the frequent use of highly dangerous explosives, which not only pose a threat to property but also to human life.
