Cannabis find in Hietzing: drug laboratory and arrests in Vienna!

Cannabis find in Hietzing: drug laboratory and arrests in Vienna!

in Vienna-Hietzing there was a surprising find due to water damage-the police discovered a considerable amount of cannabis in an apartment. According to vienna.at, the apartment was entered by the Lainzer Strasse police inspection, where the officials not only ensured 120 cannabis plants. In addition, the investigation by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, South branch, was in another apartment in Vienna-Meidling, which was targeted by the police due to high electricity consumption.

In this apartment, the emergency services discovered an additional 64 cannabis plants and about 1 kilogram of further cannabis herb. Overall, the amount added up to impressive 6,915.3 grams of cannabis herb and 168 cannabis plants. In addition, cash of 3,140 euros was found. In the investigation, there were indications of three suspects-a 25-year-old man and two brothers aged 29 and 31. The two older ones were arrested in an apartment in Vienna-Penzing and during their interrogation the 31-year-old, sold to Cannabis and grown in various apartments, confessed during their hearing, while the 29-year-old pointed out any guilt.

drug laboratories in Vienna

But not only in Hietzing there was recent excitement in connection with drugs. In another incident in Vienna-Simmering, two young men aged 20 and 22 were arrested. They tried to sell cannabis at the Zippererstraße underground station. The police then led an investigation into an apartment in Vienna-Landstrasse, which turned out to be a drug laboratory. According to the press, the police ensured around 1.5 liters of liquid ecstasy (GHB) as well as large amounts of medicinal products and about 500 grams of cannabis cabin. The three suspects, including a 24-year-old main suspect, were temporarily arrested after a short time of the foreclosure of the house residents, but had to be released later due to the lack of confessions.

a worrying trend

The increase in such incidents is alarming. A look at the figures shows that a total of 256 drug deaths were registered in Austria in 2023, most of them in Vienna, as can be seen from Statista. The drug -related death rate was 4.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. It is particularly striking that younger people are increasingly becoming cannabis and consumer prevalence in men is far above women. Menually stressed men consume more than four times as often as their less stressed peers.

The current situation illustrates the urgent need for action in the field of drug control and prevention. It remains to be seen how the city and the authorities react to these challenges, since Vienna continues to rank in the lower midfield with regard to dealing with illegal drugs.