Key legal question
Whether storing and delivering a cutting agent constitutes preparatory acts under Art. 19 Ziff. 1 Abs. 6 BetmG.
Extracted holding
Such conduct is preparatory only if the actor plans to commit, as perpetrator or co-perpetrator, an offense under Art. 19 Ziff. 1 Abs. 1-5 BetmG; mere supply of cutting agents for others is not enough.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 19 Ziff. 1 Abs. 6 BetmG covers attempts and qualified preparatory acts of one's own narcotics offense, not merely subordinate assistance to another person's offense. The accused's conduct was limited to receiving, storing, and handing over the substance; he had no plan to commit the main narcotics offense himself or jointly.