In the Netherlands, police stopped a van with French numbers in which a 30-year-old driver transported a sealed coffin. Instead of dead, they found sports bags with 250 kilograms of cocaine. The incident happened on Friday night, December 13, on the A29 highway near Rotterdam.
Police officers drew attention to the vehicle because of the suspicious behavior of the driver. During the inspection, the man stated that he was carrying the bodies of the dead, but could not present any documents that would confirm this. The police decided to check the coffins by sending them to the funeral bureau. The funeral bureau revealed that there were no bodies in the coffins. Instead, they found several sports bags filled with cocaine. The total weight of the drug seized was about 250 kilograms, and their cost in the black market is estimated at 13 million euros. During the interrogation, the 30-year-old driver stated that he was traveling from France to the Netherlands, but did not know the purpose of his trip. Police are currently investigating to install all the details of the case. Drugs were destroyed by law enforcement agencies.
This incident attracted attention not only because of the scale of the drug removed, but also because of the unusual way of transporting them. Police are continuing the investigation to determine whether the driver was part of a large international drug transportation network.
