Czech criminologists, in cooperation with their German colleagues, uncovered an ingenious method of drug smuggling, in which an international gang used regular bus routes between Berlin and Prague. Couriers transported cocaine pressed into kilogram bricks, which were sophisticatedly hidden in cake cases and disguised with a rich layer of whipped cream.
An international drug gang smuggled cocaine hidden in a cake casing from Germany to the Czech Republic. Cakes decorated with whipped cream were then transported in boxes by couriers in buses from Berlin to Prague’s Florenc station. TASR writes about it according to the German agency DPA and the Czech media.
- The gang smuggled cocaine from Germany to the Czech Republic in cakes.
- Each cake contained a brick of cocaine decorated with whipped cream.
- Seven foreigners and one Czech are involved, five are in custody.
- During the raids, they found a press, cash and luxury watches.
Cocaine in cakes
The spokeswoman of the anti-drug center of the Czech police said on Wednesday that more than 30 kilograms of drugs were smuggled in this way.
“They decorated the cakes with whipped cream so that neither the contents nor the cut with which they modified the filling could be seen,” she explained. Each cake contained a crushed brick of cocaine weighing approximately one kilogram.
The gang took advantage of the significantly higher market price of cocaine in the Czech Republic compared to Germany. According to the police, 25,000 crowns were paid for the import of one “cake”, a brick of cocaine in Germany cost approximately 25,000 euros, i.e. more than 600,000 crowns.
Seven foreigners and one Czech
According to the detectives, the price for one hundred grams of cocaine ranged from 100,000 to 150,000 crowns. Smaller batches were sold by members of the group via the Telegram application. According to the police, the gang offered cocaine and drugs such as crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy and LSD.
Among the suspects are seven foreigners and one Czech citizen, there are five people in custody. If convicted, they face up to 18 years in prison, the spokeswoman said.
During the raids, criminal investigators seized a hydraulic press used for processing drugs before distribution and sale, over half a million crowns in cash, luxury watches worth over 400 thousand crowns and one car.
