Overview
- A shipment from Paraguay disguised as a painted chess set was flagged by airport authorities there before delivery.
- The listed recipient, a 40-year-old man in Marl, was arrested and placed in pretrial custody.
- German officers searched two apartments tied to the case in Marl and in Lünen.
- Officials confirmed the pieces were pressed from pure cocaine and crafted to look like standard chess figures.
- Police are pursuing possible accomplices, and the weight and street value of the drugs have not been disclosed.