The two truck drivers were arrested. In order to apprehend the organizers of the crime, as well, an international search has been initiated. The smuggle was uncovered by a mobile investigative group of the customs office, which works not only at the borders but also inland. The truck in which the heroin had been hidden underneath the regular cargo, entered Regensburg on the so-called rolling route. Trucks are put on trains in Graz, Austria, and transported to Bavaria from there.
Initial investigations show that the heroin was destined for consumers throughout Europe.
On Monday, the customs offices plan to inform the public about the drug find. Special officers are taking possessions of large amounts of illegal drugs in Eastern Bavaria more and more frequently. Asides from the rolling route, which ends in Regensburg, border patrols near the Czech Republic make drug finds more and more often. In Eastern and Southern Germany also longer and continuous showers. Overnight lows between 11 and 6 degrees Celsius.