Drug war in Germany: Huge cocaine strike shakes the scene!

Drug war in Germany: Huge cocaine strike shakes the scene!

A great success for the security authorities: In an unprecedented process, 60 members of one of the largest drug rings in Great Britain were sentenced to long prison terms. The main person responsible, a 59-year-old, had smuggled countless tons of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines, the clever in pallets with fresh foods such as onions and garlic were hidden to cover the drug smell. After a 23-month show process, the longest in England and Wales, judge Paul Lawton in Manchester judged that the gang not only imported drugs, but also "addicted, misery, social humiliation and death", reported Kleine Zeitung .

record find of cocaine in Germany

At the same time, another crucial blow against the international drug smuggling became known in Germany. The authorities confiscated over 35.5 tons of cocaine worth around 2.6 billion euros. The majority were intercepted in sea freight containers in the port of Hamburg, while additional three -quarter bins in Ecuador and Rotterdam were secured. The case was significantly triggered by clues from Colombia. The investigators discovered nine freight containers and arrested eight suspects, all between 30 and 54 years old. These had founded a network of false companies to organize drug transport from South America to Germany, said Tagesspiegel .

The head of the customs crime office, Tino Ingelmann, emphasized that this was the largest amount of cocaine that has been secured in a German investigation so far. The authorities managed to unmask the structures behind the smuggling network, which led to a "precise chin hook" against the drug bosses. These could suffer enormous losses in billions of billions, reported North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach and emphasized international cooperation as a key to success. Drug trade in Europe, especially in Germany, faces an unprecedented challenge, as in the past few years, the sequences seized clearly show.