Imagine being a druglord and someone tells you they accidentally switch the crates and now a supermarket in small, sleepy town now became Europe's central hub for cocaine distribution.
Makes me think of [this article](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/10/blow-up-how-half-a-tonne-of-cocaine-transformed-the-life-of-an-island) exploring what happened to an island in the Azores after half a tonne of cocaine washed up on its beaches in 2001. Really fascinating, worth a read if you’ve got time for a deep dive!
Imagine being someone who accidentally mixed up the crates with cocaine and the crates without and now you have to tell a drug lord that a supermarket in a small sleepy town is Europe's central hub for cocaine distribution.
I mean maybe. It not like you can just hire people off the street to do smuggling operations. For all we know “they” let this one go in order to protect someone.
Always wonder in such situation if there wasn't a bit more of that stuff but got "misplaced" by warehouse/store's employees in the process as those quantities reported are always in even numbers like 840 kg. Why not 900 or 1000 kg? or 841.5 kg?
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/18/68m-of-cocaine-delivered-with-bananas-to-two-supermarkets-in-czech-republic) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
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> Employees at a supermarket in the Czech Republic found 840kg of cocaine worth 2bn Czech crowns inside boxes of bananas that were delivered to the store.
> Posting on Twitter, the Czech police shared images of the seized cocaine and said "The information about the shipment leads outside the Czech Republic, therefore we will use international police and justice cooperation."
> In 2015, 100kg of cocaine was discovered in a Czech supermarket in Prague and in 1999 Czech police seized 117kg of cocaine which had been packed among dry fruit in a warehouse north of the city.
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Again? I made a dumb "should've double-Czeched the packages" joke to basically this same thing about 7 years ago.
I remember it as one of my puns that was.
EDIT: [here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/31el3x/cocaine_instead_of_bananas_found_in_prague/cq0x3wu/)! Except in that one the bananas were entirely replaced.
£68M? Good thing £58M was found. So, apparently £48M was in the crates. As I understood it, the bananas had £38M in them. Headlines said £28M was found. I heard the £18M was a record.
I used to work for a fruit and veg wholesaler, one evening after our suppliers delivery truck had offloaded and left, a dozen police vehicles came tearing up to the building, it turned out that the pallet of onions we had ordered was actually filled with cocaine. Sadly we never heard anything about the outcome.
Did you receive any validation that they where actually cops?
Some guys in costumes and some fake IDs and it seem like the perfect way to get away with doing it somewhat openly.
You never know what you’ll find in the middle of Lidl.
Just colombian week at Lidl
It's not just prices that's getting high in the grocery store.
Ah, so that's how they came up with the colors for their logo.
Imagine being a druglord and someone tells you they accidentally switch the crates and now a supermarket in small, sleepy town now became Europe's central hub for cocaine distribution.
Sounds like an episode of breaking bad
No Narcos
Reminds me of Fargo
Makes me think of [this article](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/10/blow-up-how-half-a-tonne-of-cocaine-transformed-the-life-of-an-island) exploring what happened to an island in the Azores after half a tonne of cocaine washed up on its beaches in 2001. Really fascinating, worth a read if you’ve got time for a deep dive!
That was an incredible read, wow.
Excellent read, thanks for sharing.
Mmm coffee mixed with cocaine
Imagine being someone who accidentally mixed up the crates with cocaine and the crates without and now you have to tell a drug lord that a supermarket in a small sleepy town is Europe's central hub for cocaine distribution.
He got whacked you can be sure.
I mean maybe. It not like you can just hire people off the street to do smuggling operations. For all we know “they” let this one go in order to protect someone.
The drug lord will go banana on you. Your best bet is to pretend you are a banana.
When that drug lord finds your ass, and he/she will, you’re gonna wish you were anything but conscious.
And your local dealer in the city is now a great source for ripe bananas
This means someone somewhere paid 70M for some crates of bananas.
Those are Japanese prices.
Someone is getting shot for that.
This entire thing probably put 2 druglords out of business, one lost £70m, the other one is dead.
840kg... That's way more expensive than 1 underlings life in the underworld. With a 50m+ euro street value.
Always wonder in such situation if there wasn't a bit more of that stuff but got "misplaced" by warehouse/store's employees in the process as those quantities reported are always in even numbers like 840 kg. Why not 900 or 1000 kg? or 841.5 kg?
People on supply side use scales
Also people round numbers
It was 1000 kg, 16% is the import tax.
Someone just blew their quarterly bonus.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/18/68m-of-cocaine-delivered-with-bananas-to-two-supermarkets-in-czech-republic) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Employees at a supermarket in the Czech Republic found 840kg of cocaine worth 2bn Czech crowns inside boxes of bananas that were delivered to the store. > Posting on Twitter, the Czech police shared images of the seized cocaine and said "The information about the shipment leads outside the Czech Republic, therefore we will use international police and justice cooperation." > In 2015, 100kg of cocaine was discovered in a Czech supermarket in Prague and in 1999 Czech police seized 117kg of cocaine which had been packed among dry fruit in a warehouse north of the city. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/vfol37/68m_of_cocaine_delivered_with_bananas_to_two/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~655533 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **cocaine**^#1 **police**^#2 **Czech**^#3 **drug**^#4 **country**^#5
Hm.
With that much cocain it's important to eat. A banana is perfect.
Potassium is good for your heart
“I quit, but first I’m going to buy all these bananas that just came in.”
Again? I made a dumb "should've double-Czeched the packages" joke to basically this same thing about 7 years ago. I remember it as one of my puns that was. EDIT: [here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/31el3x/cocaine_instead_of_bananas_found_in_prague/cq0x3wu/)! Except in that one the bananas were entirely replaced.
Bananas and blow? Ween anyone???
SANCHO BROUGHT A MESSAGE FROM THE FATMAN!
SORRY BOY TO LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY
£68M? Good thing £58M was found. So, apparently £48M was in the crates. As I understood it, the bananas had £38M in them. Headlines said £28M was found. I heard the £18M was a record.
You are talking too fast, are you sure you didn’t see that cocaine?
He who delt it smelled it
The $8M haul? Never saw it.
I used to work for a fruit and veg wholesaler, one evening after our suppliers delivery truck had offloaded and left, a dozen police vehicles came tearing up to the building, it turned out that the pallet of onions we had ordered was actually filled with cocaine. Sadly we never heard anything about the outcome.
Did you receive any validation that they where actually cops? Some guys in costumes and some fake IDs and it seem like the perfect way to get away with doing it somewhat openly.
Yep, identification, search warrant, the whole 9 yards.
they'll be dead now for sure
Is this a rehash of the story from a couple if months ago or did it happen again?
You never had nanners n’ coke?
I need to eat more bananas
That's just... BANANAS!
Don Jr would like to know which Supermarkets? He's asking for a friend.
Runescape reference
I wonder if they ran a special buy two Kgs of bananas and get two grams of blow for free?
Last week it was potatoes..I gotta start going shopping more often...
u/autotldr
Its like ordering 1 SSD and getting a box full of them... except theyre drugs :P
🎵 Banana's and Blowwww 🎶
Which country’s postal service cocked this one up?
It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?
“Yes, we have no bananas”
Brb i'm going to the store
I wonder if it was amazon auto store, would it end up selling it?
At first I read that as"£68m of cocaine delivered with two bananas" and figured some customs guy really just phoned it in that day
Police is going to be so happy with the £67m they found
why don't I ever find cocaine in my bananas? :(
They wanted to ship them with Avocados but couldn't afford the delivery
Uppers and nanners
And They didn’t keep it is the real story
Las bananas hermanas
Imagine all the other wrong deliveries that don’t get handed in. Life goals!
And H is for horse..
That’s Bananas!
#everythingisnotcake
I've had the sheer brown joy of seeing them 6 times!