Cocaine haul ends up in German supermarkets after smugglers make 'logistical error'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A masked poliman stands next to banana crates with confiscated drugs in the police headquarters in Berlin, Tuesday Jan.7, 2014. Poster in center reads : Special Drug Investigation Group Berlin. Police say they have seized a large haul of cocaine after smugglers apparently made a mistake that saw the drugs end up in supermarkets. Workers at five stores in and around Berlin were surprised to find 140 kilograms (309 pounds) of cocaine packed into crates of bananas on Monday. The head of Berlin’s anti-drugs squad said Tuesday that the crates had come from Colombia and the discovery was “pure chance.” German news agency dpa quoted Olaf Schremm as saying that the smugglers had probably made “a logistical mistake.” It’s estimated that the drugs would have had a street value of about 6 million euro ($8.2 million). (AP Photo/dpa, Daniel Naupold) (The Associated Press)
Police in Germany say they have seized a large haul of cocaine after smugglers apparently made a mistake that sent the drug to supermarkets.
Workers at five stores in and around Berlin were surprised to find cocaine packed into crates of bananas on Monday — a total of 140 kilograms (309 pounds).
The head of Berlin's anti-drugs squad said Tuesday that the crates had come from Colombia via the German port of Hamburg and the discovery was "pure chance."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}German news agency dpa quoted Olaf Schremm as saying that the smugglers had probably made "a logistical mistake."
It's estimated that the drugs would have had a street value of about 6 million euros ($8.2 million).