Germany Seizes $582 Million Worth of Cocaine Reportedly Shipped from Sierra Leone

German authorities have seized more than eight metric tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of 500 million euros ($582 million) from a container that arrived from West Africa, with reports suggesting the shipment originated from Sierra Leone.

The container was supposed to be carrying cacao beans but instead contained more than 400 packets wrapped in black foil, each holding about 20 blocks of compressed cocaine.

The X (formerly Twitter) account Crime Intel @WorldCrimeIntel reported that the shipment came from Sierra Leone, though German investigators have not officially confirmed the specific country of origin, stating only that the container had arrived from West Africa.