Ongoing investigation
Police seize 700 kilos of cocaine in Saxony – the largest find to date
The police in Saxony have started investigations into the large cocaine find
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In Saxony, police officers came across the largest cocaine discovery in the Free State to date: They seized packages weighing a total of 700 kilograms.
Investigators confiscated more than 700 kilograms of cocaine in Saxony. The drugs, with a street sales value of over 150 million euros, are the largest cocaine discovery in the Free State of Saxony to date, as the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) announced in Dresden on Tuesday. The Chemnitz public prosecutor initiated an investigation against the previously unknown perpetrators.
Cocaine discovery in Saxony: strange packages in bulk cane sugar delivery
Employees of a food company in the district of Central Saxony had come across strange parcels in a large delivery of cane sugar and then informed the police. In cooperation with the Chemnitz Police Department and the Dresden Customs Investigation Office, the drug investigators were able to confiscate a total of 600 cocaine packages with a total weight of more than 700 kilograms.
The further investigations should now clarify whether the drugs were actually intended for Saxony and who the actual addressees were. There is therefore no initial suspicion against the food company.