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Hamburg Customs Seize 690 Kilograms of Cocaine in Wood Pellet Container

Data-driven screening steered officers to the Brazil-origin container.

Sichergestelltes Kokain aus einem Drop-off vor Borkum (Archivbild)
Ermittler haben im Hamburger Hafen 690 Kilogramm Kokain in einem Frachtcontainer mit Holzpellets entdeckt. Ein 34-Jähriger wurde festgenommen, wie das Zoll und Polizei in der Hansestadt erklärten.
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Overview

  • Customs in Hamburg found 690 kilograms of cocaine in a container from Brazil after a risk analysis and X-ray scan flagged irregularities.
  • Officers opened the load and counted 690 one-kilogram blocks hidden among sacks of wood pellets, with a street value above 14 million euros.
  • Investigators arrested the alleged recipient a day later, a 34-year-old German-Polish man who owns the company listed on the shipment.
  • The Hamburg Regional Court separately sentenced two men to five and a half years each for a 2025 attempt to move nearly 1,000 kilograms, and the verdict is not yet final.
  • The Joint Drug Investigation Group is leading the case for the Hamburg prosecutor, as authorities target higher-level organizers who use the busy port as a gateway.