https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The chief of the German bureau of investigation (BKA) said drug dealers had learned new ways to sell their wares, stating that “we haven't noticed a shortage on the market". https://www.thelocal.de/20200909/how-drug-dealers-in-germany-are-adapting-to-new-corona-reality Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:51:06 +0200 how-drug-dealers-in-germany-are-adapting-to-new-corona-reality Police are investigating a growing number of "cocaine taxis" – cars that deliver the drug to any location – in the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20191021/it-was-like-ordering-pizza-cocaine-taxis-on-the-rise-in-berlin Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:54:31 +0200 it-was-like-ordering-pizza-cocaine-taxis-on-the-rise-in-berlin Germany's customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country's largest ever, with an estimated street value of one billion euros. https://www.thelocal.de/20190802/german-customs-seize-record-45-tonnes-of-cocaine-worth-1-billion-hamburg Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:39:46 +0200 german-customs-seize-record-45-tonnes-of-cocaine-worth-1-billion-hamburg An Albanian businessman suspected of being involved in smuggling a record 613 kilos (1351 pounds) of Colombian cocaine in a cargo of bananas was arrested in Germany on Friday, police in Tirana said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180505/germany-arrests-albanian-over-record-cocaine-smuggling Sat, 05 May 2018 11:32:10 +0200 germany-arrests-albanian-over-record-cocaine-smuggling A head doctor in Saxony-Anhalt has been arrested under suspicion that he dosed a woman with cocaine during oral sex without her knowledge. The woman collapsed and died in hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20180411/head-doctor-arrested-for-killing-woman-with-secret-dose-of-cocaine-during-sex Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:55:45 +0200 head-doctor-arrested-for-killing-woman-with-secret-dose-of-cocaine-during-sex German police said on Friday they have arrested Andrei Kovalchuk, the alleged mastermind of a plot to smuggle cocaine to Russia from Moscow's embassy in Argentina. https://www.thelocal.de/20180302/russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:03:58 +0100 russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin German customs seized seven times as much cocaine this year as they did in 2016, public broadcaster ARD reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20171227/2017-was-record-year-for-cocaine-seizures Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:26:20 +0100 2017-was-record-year-for-cocaine-seizures Customs officials at Munich Airport became suspicious when they spotted a nervous-looking man who had just arrived on a flight from the Netherlands. Further investigation showed he had swallowed an astonishing quantity of cocaine. https://www.thelocal.de/20170908/drug-smuggler-caught-at-munich-airport-with-95-bags-of-cocaine-in-his-stomach Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:56:12 +0200 drug-smuggler-caught-at-munich-airport-with-95-bags-of-cocaine-in-his-stomach On Thursday the German customs agency presented a huge quantity of cocaine which it had seized at Hamburg harbour. It was the largest cocaine seizure in German history. https://www.thelocal.de/20170720/german-customs-seize-largest-ever-haul-of-cocaine-worth-800-million Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:24:18 +0200 german-customs-seize-largest-ever-haul-of-cocaine-worth-800-million A 28-year-old student at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich used the laboratory to analyse drugs for two dealers in return for some cocaine. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/breaking-bad-chemistry-student-tests-drugs-to-ease-pressure Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:32:40 +0200 breaking-bad-chemistry-student-tests-drugs-to-ease-pressure Milk might be white gold to most farmers, but one cattle farmer in eastern Germany had an even more lucrative white substance swilling around in his barns. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/breaking-brandenburg-farmers-million-euro-drug-silo-rumbled Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:19:59 +0100 breaking-brandenburg-farmers-million-euro-drug-silo-rumbled More than 300 kilograms of cocaine worth €15 million were discovered in Berlin-area Aldi supermarkets, hidden in cases of bananas, police reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150504/heaps-of-cocaine-found-in-aldi-banana-boxes Mon, 04 May 2015 16:27:08 +0200 heaps-of-cocaine-found-in-aldi-banana-boxes For years no-one noticed that the head of the drug squad in Kempten, Bavaria, was on a personal rampage of narcotics- and domestic abuse - until his wife shopped him for the €250,000 brick of cocaine he had stashed. But the local population isn't buying the story. https://www.thelocal.de/20150127/cocaine-cop-trial-shakes-town-and-country Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:28:00 +0100 cocaine-cop-trial-shakes-town-and-country Customs at Stuttgart Airport caught a passenger carrying one kilo of cocaine in her stomach over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20141104/woman-smuggles-kilo-of-cocaine-in-stomach-stuttgart-ariport Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:36:00 +0100 woman-smuggles-kilo-of-cocaine-in-stomach-stuttgart-ariport Indonesian customs said on Saturday they had arrested a German man for allegedly trafficking cocaine onto the resort island of Bali. https://www.thelocal.de/20140927/german-arrested-in-bali-for-cocaine-haul Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:33:00 +0200 german-arrested-in-bali-for-cocaine-haul A Bavarian police chief who was caught with 1.5 kilograms of cocaine in his work locker told investigators he had the drugs “for educational purposes,” according to reports on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140307/policeman-had-15kg-of-cocaine-for-teaching Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:38:00 +0100 policeman-had-15kg-of-cocaine-for-teaching Bavarian police have launched an investigation after finding cocaine worth more than €250,000 in the locker of the head of a police narcotics department, but they are baffled as to where it came from. https://www.thelocal.de/20140225/top-drugs-officer-stashed-cocaine-in-locker Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:30:00 +0100 top-drugs-officer-stashed-cocaine-in-locker A 76-year-old woman who decided to celebrate her birthday with a free-for-all cocaine bash in her Berlin bar has been arrested and was being held Friday, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20140207/police-arrest-woman-76-for-cocaine-birthday-bash-in-berlin Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:20:00 +0100 police-arrest-woman-76-for-cocaine-birthday-bash-in-berlin UPDATE: Police said a “logistical error” was behind Berlin’s biggest cocaine find since 1999. Officers found 140 kilos of the drug hidden among bananas at five Aldi stores. https://www.thelocal.de/20140108/aldi-staff-find-140-kilos-of-cocaine-in-banana-crates Wed, 08 Jan 2014 09:59:00 +0100 aldi-staff-find-140-kilos-of-cocaine-in-banana-crates A policeman was key to a cocaine smuggling operation which brought more than 400 kilos of the drug into Germany in hollowed-out doors, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20131101/cop-was-key-to-coke-in-doors-smuggling-scheme Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:42:00 +0100 cop-was-key-to-coke-in-doors-smuggling-scheme