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Berlin (dpa / bb) - A group of four is said to have traded illegally with sick puppies in Berlin.
Police officers together with employees of the veterinary office searched several buildings on Wednesday, including a veterinary practice, the police said.
Two women aged 28 and 33, a 40-year-old man and a 57-year-old veterinarian are suspected of having illegally traded the animals in the past year.
The searches found around 150 purchase receipts for puppies, a large amount of money and nine puppies.
The animals were handed over to the veterinary office.
According to Thursday's information, the quartet is suspected of providing the puppies with false vaccination certificates and offering them for sale on the Internet as allegedly pure-bred and perfectly healthy animals.
Most of the animals, however, were too young, not thoroughbred and sick - some even so much that they had to be euthanized by their buyers.
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