Overview
- The narcotics were detected during goods receipt at multiple branches and warehouses in Lübeck, Ostholstein, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn, Segeberg and Hamburg.
- Customs and police seized the packages before any reached sales floors.
- Investigators say the crates arrived via the Port of Hamburg with the cocaine concealed among bananas.
- Authorities deem it unlikely the dealers intended distribution through store branches, citing the illogic of splitting such a large delivery.
- The haul is valued in the millions of euros, and investigators are probing international criminal networks and any local facilitators.