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Germany: Police seize 400 kilograms of cocaine at Hamburg port
['Karl Sexton']
Deutsche Welle
German customs officers arrested two men on Saturday after more than 400 kilograms (881 pounds) of cocaine were found at the port of Hamburg.
Dock workers alerted customs officers after noticing two men boarding a ship and disembarking carrying over 20 sports bags.
They informed nearby customs officers, who immediately intervened and stopped the car that the men were about to leave in.
The "bulging" sports bags contained 400 kilos of cocaine, a customs spokesperson confirmed on Saturday evening.
This year, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) Holger Münch warned of a "cocaine surge" in Germany.
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