Cocaine in banana boxes and German police launch a large-scale operation

German police found cocaine in banana boxes in a number of supermarkets in the capital, Berlin, and the state of Brandenburg, according to Bild newspaper.

The newspaper wrote: “Police employees found the drugs in discount stores on Thursday morning during the process of unloading and sorting the goods. The discovery sparked a large-scale police operation in which police patrols, some armed with automatic rifles, moved into the stores in the morning hours to guard the smuggled goods.” ".

In this regard, a branch (of a supermarket chain) in the Schönefeld area near Berlin and a branch in the Marienfeld area were placed under protection. However, it is not yet clear how many stores in Berlin the drugs were stocked with.

The newspaper added: “Drug packages were found in at least 4 discount stores in Brandenburg. Between 20 and 100 kilograms of drugs were found in each supermarket. However, the police are still investigating the materials found in the discount stores and so the amount The total amount of cocaine is not yet clear.”