60kg of cocaine among Colruyt’s bananas

Bags of cocaine weighing 66kg in total were found hidden in banana crates in six Colruyt stores in Flanders and Wallonia, several media reported yesterday. An official enquiry has been launched. The bananas arrived on Belgian soil via the port of Antwerp and were shipped to stores by a transport company based in the Waasland region around Sint-Niklaas. Police are trying to ascertain whether a shipping company employee is involved. Colruyt insists that no customers have come into contact with the drugs, because the bags were found before the fruit hit the shelves. “If memory serves, this is the third time we’ve made this kind of discovery,” a Colruyt employee told the Sud Presse newspapers. “Generally, when crates of bananas arrive at distribution centres, they are dispatched directly to the stores. This explains why the drug was discovered in six different locations.”