Cocaine smuggling in Urbach: 336 kilos hidden in bananas!

Cocaine smuggling in Urbach: 336 kilos hidden in bananas!

In Urbach in the Rems-Murr district, things get hot: A 51-year-old man from Schorndorf stands before the district court and causes excitement. He was charged with narcotics in no less than 40 cases for acting. As reported zvw, he is native and confessed, but did not want to provide any information about his own drug use. According to the prosecutor, the accused man bought cocaine between 2020 and 2024 in Waiblingen "normal quality". The quantities he procured fluctuated between ten and six grams - an overly caught trade that was now doomed.

But that's not everything Urbach is currently concerned with. The police made a shocking discovery in January: an incredible 336 kilograms of cocaine were found in a banana riper, hidden in one-kilogram packages between immature bananas. The market value of the drug is an estimated 20 million euros. The LKA from Central America had smuggled this drop from the criminal lake via the Netherlands to Baden-Württemberg, whereby the bananas were intended for another federal state. The warehouse in Urbach obviously only served as a passage station. The discovery of such quantities is nothing more than another alarming sign for drug trafficking in Germany, as well as BW24 clearly power.

drug crime in the upswing

The situation in Urbach is part of a major problem: drug crime is increasing in Germany. In 2023, according to Statista, around 347,000 drug crime cases were recorded by the police, which corresponds to an increase of 2 percent compared to the previous year. It is particularly striking that around 208,000 of these cases concerned cannabis, whose legal status has been partially liberalized since April 2024. Nevertheless, the unauthorized trade in other drugs remains very popular.

drug trafficking is an important area of ​​organized crime. In 2023, around 55,500 drug trade offenses were registered, with the proportion of cannabis still over 90 percent. The dangers caused by drug use are considerable. In 2023, the number of drug deaths increased to around 2,230 - a sad echo of long -term damage to health that results in excessive drug use.

Urbach history caused a sensation in social networks: Under the hashtag #bananagate, numerous memes and comments are created that process the events in a humorous way. As if a bit of normality and smile is brought into this oppressive situation. But in reality the topic of drugs is far from excavated.

The population in Urbach and beyond must be all the more attentive, because the dangers from the world of drug trade are very real and no tasteless joke.