Germany: Hamburg police seize 2 tons of cocaine worth €100M
The cocaine was hidden in banana boxes stacked inside a shipping container near Hamburg's port. Police said the drug haul was the result of weeks of undercover investigation. Twelve people were arrested as police seized the drugs in a warehouse near Hamburg's port Police in the port city of Hamburg have made several arrests after seizing more than two tons of cocaine. Authorities estimate the drugs have a street value of around €100 million ($112 million). "This is an outstanding success and one of the largest seizures in an ongoing operation," Hamburg's Interior Minister Andy Grote said. Police said they found the cocaine on Wednesday afternoon when they searched a shipping container in the district of Rothenburgsort, near Hamburg's port. Inside, they allegedly found the cocaine hidden in banana boxes. How did police find the drugs? According to police, the shipping container was supposed to be driven by truck from the Altenwerder container terminal to an X-r...