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full screen Package of cocaine in Hamburg 2017. Stock photo. Photo: Axel Heimken/AP/TT
In recent days, packages containing 150 kilograms of cocaine have washed up on beaches on the northern German islands of Sylt, Amrum and Föhr in the Wadden Sea.
According to German customs, they may come from a failed transfer at sea. Another theory is that the packages may have been attached to the outside of a boat and then accidentally detached.
The cocaine was found by passers-by, according to local media.
A spokesperson for customs says that the drugs have a street value of at least 40,000 euros per kilo, corresponding to around 461,000 kroner. The total value of the cocaine is estimated at six million euros.
German police have been in contact with the police in Denmark who report that no drugs have been washed ashore in the Danish part of the Wadden Sea. An investigation into the origin of the cocaine has been launched.
Customs has previously stated that cocaine smuggling in the northernmost federal state of Schleswig-Holstein is increasing.