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Hamburg Court Sentences Two to 5.5 Years for Port Cocaine Smuggling

The case shows how smugglers exploited routine port access to move a near‑ton load in plain sight.

Ein Blick in den Gerichtssaal am Tag der Verurteilung. Die beiden Schmuggelhelfer verbargen ihre Gesichter hinter Aktenmappen.
Steven P. (l.) und Tomas H. (hier beim Prozessauftakt vor dem Hamburger Landgericht) wurden am Freitag wegen Kokainschmuggels zu Gefängnisstrafen verurteilt.
In Hamburg sind zwei Männer wegen der Beteiligung an einem Schmuggel von mehreren hundert Kilogramm Kokain zu je fünfeinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. Sie hatten die Drogen von einem Schiff im Hafen geholt.

Overview

  • The Landgericht Hamburg on Friday sentenced Steven P., 37, and Tomas H., 22, to five and a half years each for aiding cocaine import and dealing.
  • The men entered the O’Swaldkai terminal in port work clothes with valid entry cards and drove a rented Ford Transit up to deck 6 of the ship Grande Argentina.
  • They collected 468 blocks of cocaine into bags, delivered them to unknown recipients on Möllner Landstraße, then were told by phone to return for more.
  • Port employees shut the terminal exit during the second run, customs stopped the van and seized another 472 blocks weighing over 400 kilograms, and officers arrested both men.
  • Judges credited full confessions and money hardship, prosecutors had asked for longer terms, possible links to organized crime were noted, and the verdict is not yet final.