- German authorities seized over 8 metric tons of cocaine, valued at approximately 500 million euros, at the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven.
- The drugs were discovered on 9 February in a container declared to be carrying cacao beans, which had arrived from West Africa and was destined for Spain.
- Instead of cacao beans, officials found more than 400 black foil-wrapped packets, each containing about 20 blocks of compressed cocaine.
- The cocaine shipment was destroyed in Germany before the container continued its journey to Barcelona.
- Two suspected organisers of the shipment were arrested in El Ejido, Spain, on 14 May, with one suspect previously linked to another cocaine shipment by Spanish customs.
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