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Judgment in the drug process: long prison sentence for smuggling of ten tons of cocaine
Published on September 17, 2025
The Hamburg district court sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for the smuggling of almost ten tons of cocaine.The court saw it as proven that the 61 -year -old Kosovare was responsible for the import of drugs.In addition, the court ordered a good 8.2 million euros to be collected as a so -called value replacement.
In total, there were nine cases in which cocaine 2020 was smuggled from South and Central American countries on the sea route to Hamburg.
Court remains under the highest sentence for two years
The public prosecutor had requested 14 years in prison - one year less than the possible maximum sentence.The chamber evaluated a comprehensive confession of the accused, said the presiding judge.In addition to the large amount of drugs, the professional and heavily division of labor had an impact on the penalty.The accused had taken "a leading position in the gang mesh".
The acts always played according to the same pattern: the drugs were hidden in Colombia, Brazil or the Dominican Republic in containers under a camouflage - for example under bananas, rice, charcoal or gelatin.Once in the port of Hamburg, the containers were opened and the drugs were brought to hidden in the Hamburg area.The gang also had helpers among the port workers.
Drug smugglers had helpers in the harbor
The defendant was always informed about the deliveries about chats, said the judge.In addition, he co-organized the salvage of the drugs and got seals with which the containers had been closed again after opening.
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The majority of drugs was intended for the Netherlands.With every delivery, the accused also ordered a share of his own, which he then sold himself.Overall, he came up with almost half a ton of cocaine.
The 61-year-old was arrested in Albania at the end of 2023 and was delivered to Germany a year later.Due to the significantly poorer conditions of detention in Albania, the pre -trial detention in Tirana is taken into account twice - so that this alone has been served for two years alone.
The judgment is final.Both the convict and the public prosecutor waived a revision.
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