German customs stumbled across 28 million euros (37 million dollars) worth of illegal drugs hidden amongst seven tonnes of pineapples in Hamburg harbour, officials said yesterday.
“While unloading a ship from Ghana, we came across a container full of pineapples meant to be delivered to a fashion boutique in Western Germany,” custom official, Dietmar Schulze said.
“It seemed bizarre that a clothing store would order 15 tonnes of pineapples so we launched an investigation.”
Scanning and searching the container revealed that it contained five and a half tonnes of marihuana as well as 18 kilograms hashish—both preparations of cannabis. Schulze said it was the biggest drug bust for more than 15 years.
Source: thepeninsulaqatar.com
Publication date: 3/26/2009
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