The substances found during the search are examined in the Castrop-Rauxel fire brigade premises. Firefighters and police work during a large-scale operation by the police and firefighters on Saturday evening in Castrop-Rauxel. A special task force (SEK) was also at the scene, a police spokesman told the German news agency on Saturday evening. Christoph Reichwein/dpaGerman investigators investigating a planned attack with ricin and cyanide found no trace of the toxins in their search of residential premises in Castrop-Rauxel in the Ruhr area.
A spokesman for the Dusseldorf prosecutors who is currently conducting the investigation confirmed this to DPA hours after two men were arrested on the premises.
A man is taken into custody by a Special Operations Command (SEK) officer wearing a protective mask. Counter-terrorism investigators have arrested a 32-year-old man in Castrop-Rauxel in the northern Ruhr region who allegedly prepared an Islamist attack. The 32-year-old and one other person had been taken into custody. Karsten Wickern/dpa
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