News / Europol takes down crime gang that trafficked 35 tonnes of cocaine in containers

EU law enforcement agency Europol, alongside customs and police in Germany, is claiming to have ’dismantled’ a criminal organisation after seizing 35 tonnes of cocaine, worth €2.6bn, smuggled in containers.

Following the drug finds, the authorities last week raided 24 houses in Cologne and Hamburg, made six arrests and confiscated cash, documents, electronics, jewellery and high-end vehicles.

The agency said: “Europol has supported the dismantling of a criminal organisation smuggling large quantities of cocaine in containers ...