Drugs hidden under bananas or charcoal: 11 defendants are accused of smuggling cocaine in a gang.
You are now standing in front of the Hamburg district court.
It's about eight tons of drugs.
Some of the defendants are said to have taken advantage of their professional positions.
Hamburg - Eleven men are said to have used the port of Hamburg for gang-style cocaine smuggling.
The trial against her starts today at the Hamburg district court.
They are accused of smuggling around eight tons of cocaine from Colombia in sea freight containers for resale, the court said.
The prosecutor is convinced that the defendants between the ages of 32 and 55 are part of an international gang.
It's about nine deliveries in 2020.
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According to the prosecution, a 38-year-old was involved in all deliveries in a managerial capacity.
In several cases, three of the defendants are said to have used their professional positions in port logistics companies to bring the containers arriving in Hamburg with their cargo out of the port.
According to the public prosecutor, two other defendants who worked as self-employed hauliers in the port took over the transport of the containers.
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