Packets of cocaine turned up in banana crates in 7(seven) Aldi stores in Germany.
Berlin police was said to have stumbled across a drug smuggling ring by accident on Monday, 6th January, when Aldi employees reported finding 140 Kilos of cocaine hidden in banana crates in stores across the city worth €6 million.
According to police spokesman, it was the second biggest cocaine find in Berlin over the last 35 years.
Workers at an Aldi store in Reinickendorf made the first discovery at 8am when they found packets of the drug hidden among a banana delivery.
More cocaine parcels were then discovered across by Aldi workers in Köpenick, Rahnsdorf, Wilmersdorf and in Velten in Brandenburg.
The bananas were traced to a container which had arrived from Colombia with around 1,150 crates of bananas by police and customs, BZ Newspaper reported.
The discount supermarket has been cooperative, police said in a statement.
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