German customs burns half a billion of drugs

hamburg - The customs in and around the German city of Hamburg burned a precious fire. In a secret action, more than half a billion euros of seized drugs were burned.

This involved 2.4 tons of cocaine and 6.7 tons of raw materials for synthetic drugs that had been confiscated in various campaigns in 2017 and this year. The drugs had a street value of 520 million euros.

Because the criminal cases in which the drugs played a role were closed, the flame in the illegal could. The drugs were brought to incineration with special transports including armed escort.