German police seize 120kg of cocaine hidden among bananas

German police seize 120kg of cocaine hidden among bananas
April 25, 2014 - 13:48 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - German police say they have seized 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of cocaine hidden among crates of bananas in a container shipped from Ecuador — their second big find of cocaine from South America this year, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Criminal Police Office said Friday, April 25, the drugs were stuffed into travel bags hidden among the boxes of fruit. They were found April 14 when officials checked over 20 containers that arrived in the North Sea port of Bremerhaven.

In January, workers at Berlin supermarkets found 309 pounds (140 kilograms) of cocaine packed into crates of bananas that had been shipped from Colombia via the German port of Hamburg.

Police office chief Joerg Ziercke says his agency is participating in multinational projects in Peru to curb cocaine smuggling and plans similar efforts in Ecuador.

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