Date 07.01.2014

Cocaine discovered among bananas in Berlin

Cocaine packed into seven banana boxes has been found at five supermarkets in the Berlin area. Police said the haul, worth an estimated 6 million euros, was probably due to a "logistical error" by drugs smugglers.

Police on Tuesday said supermarket staff in the Berlin area had discovered 140 kilograms (309 pounds) of cocaine among bananas shipped from Colombia. The haul, made on Monday, is to be destroyed.

Employees at outlets of the discount grocery store chain Aldi initially alerted police after finding suspicious packages. It was Berlin's biggest cocaine find in 15 years.

Read more: http://www.dw.de/cocaine-discovered-among-bananas-in-berlin/a-17346860

-- DW 2014-01-07

Well, in Germany you get a little more for your money when you buy bananas, I guess.

This stuff washes up fairly regularly on beaches too . . .

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/feb/28/drugsandalcohol

As a law-abiding citizen - and clerk of the local parish council - Partridge knew he had to had to prevent the drugs from falling into the wrong hands.

"I thought if I didn't take it, someone who might not go to the police would." So he dragged the 25kg (55lb) package off the beach and rolled it home in a wheelbarrow."

More recently in South Africa and Japan . ..

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-03/south-africa-seeks-air-support-as-cocaine-washes-up-on-beaches.html

http://news.sky.com/story/1172298/japan-huge-cocaine-haul-washes-up-on-beach

140 Kilos is not to be sniffed at.