Swiss police said they had seized 500 kilograms of cocaine in a shipment of coffee beans to capsule coffee producer Nespresso.
According to officials, employees of the factory in Romont called the police when they saw bags containing white powder inside the coffee sacks.
It was later found out that these powders were cocaine. It was announced that the police found drugs in five more containers that were delivered by train the same day.
It is stated that these containers were loaded from Brazil.
Police say the market value of cocoa, which has an 80 percent purity, is around 50 million euros.
In the statement made by Nespresso, owned by Nestle, it was noted that the coffee beans and capsules in the factory were not contaminated with cocaine, “We assure our customers that all our products can be consumed safely.”
“The amount of this cocaine seized for Friborg is absolutely huge. It could even be said to be extraordinary,” said Marc Andrey, chief of police for the canton of Friborg.
Police say the smugglers may have intended to send this cocaine to the European market.