Drug Smuggling Rings in Fruit & Vegetables Consignments
1 Jun 2023
Law enforcement in Spain and Poland have taken down an international drug trafficking organisation suspected of bringing vast amounts of drugs hidden in lorries of fruit and vegetables to Poland.
Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized over 260 kilos of marijuana, amphetamine and cocaine with a total street value of EUR 2 925 400.
Among the cargo of potatoes they were hauling from Spain, the investigators found 158 bags of marijuana.
The criminals would smuggle the drugs in refrigerated lorries from Spain to Poland, via the Netherlands and Germany.