German customs seize 4.5 tons of cocaine disguised as soybeans, worth $1.1 billion
August 02, 2019 at 12:16 PM EDT
German customs announced they have confiscated a record-high 4.5 tons (nearly 5 U.S. tons) of cocaine in a container shipped from Uruguay after suspicions arose Friday—a haul with an estimated street value of almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).