Authorities in Germany said on Wednesday they had seized more than eight metric tonnes of cocaine from a container that was supposed to be carrying cacao beans and two suspects were later arrested in Spain.
German customs investigators put the street value of the cocaine seized in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven at about €500 million.
The drugs were seized on 9 February and the subsequent arrests were made in El Ejido, in the Spanish province of Almería, on 14 May.
The container had arrived from West Africa and was destined for Spain, investigators said in a statement.
Instead of cacao beans, officials found more than 400 packets wrapped in black foil, each containing about 20 blocks of compressed cocaine.
