New: $17 million in cocaine accidentally shipped to German supermarket chain

http://www.businessinsider.com/17-million-in-cocaine-accidentally-shipped-to-german-supermarket-chain-2015-5

Berlin police have seized 380 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a shipment of bananas – the largest ever drug find in the German capital. Employees at a discount supermarket contacted police saying they had found what appeared to be drugs in some crates of bananas.

Concealed beneath the fruit, drug investigation officers discovered around 12 green packets per crate, each containing a kilogram of cocaine. The drug-filled crates were found in 10 discount branches in the capital and could be traced back to one central fruit market. But police said that they had not yet ascertained where they had come from.

The find echoes an instant in January 2014 when boxes filled with bananas and 140 kilograms of cocaine were delivered to five Berlin supermarkets in what police called a logistical error by drug smugglers.


New words:
-Grocery: food and other commodities sold by a grocer.
-Conceal: To hide something.

-Crate: a wooden box made of slats.