2024-06-18 02:09:53
That is the biggest quantity of cocaine ever seized by German authorities.
About 24.5 tons of cocaine have been seized in Hamburg, one other eight tons within the Dutch port of Rotterdam and three tons in Guayaquil, Ecuador, German authorities stated.
The medicine have been discovered between April and September final 12 months in 9 transport containers. They have been hidden amongst containers of fruit and different authorized items.
German investigators have been alerted to the unlawful commerce by Colombian authorities.
German police, in cooperation with the European Union (EU) company Europol, recognized eight essential suspects: two Germans, two Turks, and the remaining from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Morocco and Ukraine.
Seven of the suspects have been detained in Germany in late Might and early June this 12 months, police stated. Together with different as-yet-unidentified accomplices believed to be in Turkey, they’re accused of establishing dozens of pretend firms to smuggle cocaine from South America.
Police confiscated a number of cell phones and laptops, in addition to gold bars, €23,300 in money and a Porsche automobile price round €250,000.
Tino Ingelmans, head of the Dusseldorf customs investigation service, acknowledged that the quantity of cocaine seized in Germany is growing yearly. In complete, roughly 43 tons of cocaine have been confiscated in 2023.
2024-06-18 02:09:53