Surprising drug find: Employees of the Tafel in Attendorn (district of Olpe) discovered several kilograms of cocaine in boxes of bananas.
As the "Siegener Zeitung" reported, the food originally came from a supermarket in Lennestadt and had been sorted out there.
The responsible public prosecutor's office in Siegen confirmed the spectacular find on Thursday.
The street value of the drugs is likely to be well over one million euros.
"Pretty much exactly 14 kilograms of cocaine were found.
The groceries were donated by a branch of a supermarket chain in the Sauerland region," Siegen public prosecutor Rainer Hoppmann told the German Press Agency on Thursday.
The police in Olpe followed a tip from the Attendorner Tafel employees.
According to Hoppmann, it is still a mystery where the bagged drug came from and how it got into the banana crates.
"The investigation is still in its infancy."