London, Dec 9 (Ians) Celebrity chef Frank Heppner was reportedly among the 25 people arrested in sweeping raids by German police which foiled an alleged plot to storm the parliament and execute the Chancellor, Daily Mail reported.

Heppner, 62, whose son-in-law is Real Madrid and Austria footballing star David Alaba, is believed to have been arrested in the glitzy Austrian ski resort of Kitzbuhel where he owns and operates a restaurant.

According to German outlet Bild, investigators believe the celebrity chef was a high-ranking member of the military wing of the Reichsburger group – a band of plotters who want to overthrow the modern German democratic state and install a member of a German royal family as the new leader.

Germany’s attorney general said the Reichsburger’s militarised unit was responsible for ‘the recruitment of new members, the procurement of weapons, establishing an It and communication structure, and drawing up plans for future accommodation and catering,...