LUXEMBOURGER authorities seized almost a tonne of cocaine hidden in a stone crusher “of Colombian origin” in a record bust for the small European state, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Police detained two suspects after they discovered white powder worth up to 160 million euros ($165 million) inside the machine on Thursday last week.
It took forensics police almost a week to extract “all the packages” stashed inside the crusher’s three rollers after the apparatus was taken to a safe location for dismantling.
In total, authorities found “a little over 889 kilogrammes” of cocaine, the Grand Duchy’s public prosecutor’s office said.
The machine had just been delivered when it was intercepted, it added.
Local media reported that the seizure took place at a farm in the north of the wealthy country nestled between France, Germany and Belgium.
Authorities said the investigation was continuing and provided no details about those arrested.
