German police were searching 15 properties in two western states for drugs, combat weapons and evidence of links to the radical Reichsbürger scene, which denies the legitimacy of the modern German state. The raids involve specialized police units and are taking place in North Rhine Westphalia and Lower Saxony, police in the city of Osnabrück said on Thursday morning. Properties in the cities of Osnabrück and Hanover were among those being searched. So-called Reichsbürger, or “Reich Citizens,” believe that the modern German republic illegitimately replaced the German Reich that was founded in 1…