Smugglers do not seem to be lacking in creative ideas, such as those used to send drugs. The customs at Cologne / Bonn Airport discovered a lot of drugs in November – more than 600 kilos.
Cologne – Crystal meth in crayon packaging and ecstasy in Christmas tree balls: In the fight against drug smuggling, customs at Cologne / Bonn Airport seized large quantities of narcotics in strange camouflages in November.
More than 600 kilograms of drugs with a street sales value of just under 1.6 million euros in just one month are a record for the main customs office in Cologne, said spokesman Jens Ahland on Tuesday.
The drug smugglers were obviously not lacking in creativity. In addition to narcotics in pen packs and Christmas balls, the customs officers also found decorative fish pressed from cocaine, marijuana built into tabletops and heroin in motorcycle clutches.
According to the information, more than 1,100 ecstasy pills, more than 520 kilograms of the amphetamine-containing drug khat, around 50 kilograms of marijuana, just under 17 kilograms of hashish, more than 5.5 kilograms of cocaine, just under 5.5 kilograms of ketamine, around 2 , 5 kilograms of crystal meth, just under 3.5 kilograms of amphetamine and around 200 grams of heroin were seized.
In addition to parcels from Africa, there were also European senders. More detailed information on routes could not be given for tactical reasons, said the spokesman. dpa
