Berlin: Trial against suspected cocaine dealer begins
Berlin
Trial against suspected cocaine dealer begins
The trial against a suspected drug dealer begins on Tuesday (9:00 a.m.) at the Berlin Regional Court under high security precautions. The 61-year-old is said to have traded large quantities of cocaine from Colombia and Mexico. The case against the Colombian is related to a trial against ten defendants, which has been ongoing since August, who are said to have smuggled more than four tons of cocaine from South America to Germany via the port of Hamburg. According to the court, the accused was arrested in Spain last summer and has been in custody in Berlin since June.
The trial against a suspected drug dealer begins on Tuesday (9:00 a.m.) at the Berlin Regional Court under high security precautions. The 61-year-old is said to have traded large quantities of cocaine from Colombia and Mexico. The case against the Colombian is related to a trial against ten defendants, which has been ongoing since August, who are said to have smuggled more than four tons of cocaine from South America to Germany via the port of Hamburg. According to the court, the accused was arrested in Spain last summer and has been in custody in Berlin since June.
According to the indictment, the Colombian is said to have commissioned a Berlin-based gang to transport at least 300 kilograms of cocaine mixture in sea containers from Mexico to Germany via Latvia. Another case is said to have involved at least 700 kilograms of cocaine mixture.
However, because alleged members of the band were arrested at the end of November 2021, the plan was not implemented. For the process, 25 further hearing dates are initially planned until the end of March 2023.
The alleged gang is said to have operated from Berlin and the surrounding area for years and conducted the illegal business through a network of shell companies. Since 2012, several sea containers, each with several hundred kilograms of cocaine from Brazil, are said to have reached Germany. According to the investigation, the drugs were disguised as deliveries of lead or copper and hidden in hollow metal plates specially made for this purpose.