German police find 730 lbs of heroin in pickles

REUTERS

11 years ago

A member of the German Criminal Investigation Division (BKA) displays a glass jar of seized heroin in Wiesbaden Ocotber 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

German Criminal Investigation Division (BKA) display seized heroin in Wiesbaden Ocotber 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Police have found Germany’s biggest-ever stash of heroin, with an estimated street value of $60 million, hidden in a truckload of pickled cucumbers and garlic.

Police discovered 730 lbs of the drug in a truck in the western city of Essen and arrested two men, public prosecutor Anette Milk said on Thursday. The haul was more than the entire amount of heroin seized in Germany during 2013.

Local media said the drugs came from Iran and the two men arrested were brothers belonging to a Syrian-Iraqi drug gang.