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Brandenburg Police Seize Car Loaded With 1,177 Chocolate Bars in Suspected Fencing Case

Prosecutors authorized the seizure pending efforts to trace the goods' origin.

Overview

  • Officers stopped the vehicle on Monday evening in Weisen near Wittenberge in the Prignitz district of Brandenburg.
  • Inside were 1,177 chocolate bars along with large quantities of nuts, canned fish, coffee and dishwasher tablets.
  • The occupants, aged 30 and 35, offered no credible explanation and lacked proof of ownership, prompting the confiscation after consultation with prosecutors.
  • Police value the haul at more than €5,000 and consider it possible Hehlerware, with no identified source of theft so far.
  • The driver is also under investigation for driving without a license and under the influence of cannabis.