(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, AUGUST 2 - German customs authorities say
they have seized 4.5 tons of cocaine in a container shipped from
Uruguay, a haul with an estimated street value of nearly 1
billion euros.
The customs office in Hamburg said Friday that the drugs were
seized two weeks ago when it checked the container that was en
route from Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium. The paperwork stated
that it was loaded with soya beans, but customs officials could
only see black sports bags when they opened it up. They found
more than 4,200 packets of cocaine in the 211 bags. It was
Germany's biggest single seizure of cocaine to date.
The customs office said that the drugs have already been
destroyed "amid strict secrecy and extensive security
precautions." (ANSA-AP).
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