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German police incinerate cocaine worth over $300 million

German police incinerate cocaine worth over $300 million | iNFOnews.ca
Police officers of the Bavarian riot police stand in front of about 1.5 tons of cocaine that are ready for transport in Bavaria, Germany, Wednesday, Dec.15, 2021. As part of Operation Snow Melt, the Bavarian police destroyed the cocaine at a secret location in a waste incineration plant in Upper Bavaria under the strictest security measures. The narcotics of the highest purity come from various seizures over the past few years. It is the largest drug destruction operation in the history of the Bavarian police.(Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/dpa via AP)

Police in Germany’s Bavaria region said Wednesday they have destroyed some 1.5 metric tons (1.65 U.S. tons) of cocaine with a street value of about 270 million euros ($304 million) — their biggest such operation yet.

Bavaria’s criminal police office said the drugs were incinerated Tuesday under heavy security at a facility at an undisclosed location in the south of the state.

The incineration, which police dubbed “Operation Snow Melt,” destroyed cocaine seized in various investigations over recent years.

In one of those cases, nearly 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of the drugs were found by employees at 10 Bavarian supermarkets in September 2017. They had been hidden in crates of bananas.

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