Drugs have been discovered in banana crates at Lidl supermarkets in the Dutch cities of Den Bosch and Sint-Oudenrode.
According to local media outlet Bossche Omroep, dozens of kilograms of cocaine were found in the Den Bosch store. Both incidents were recorded on May 18.
Police posted on their official X account at 3:05 PM local time regarding the find in Sint-Oudenrode, stating that the drugs were seized and destroyed.
About an hour later, around 4 PM, several banana boxes containing dozens of kilograms of cocaine were discovered at the Lidl store in Den Bosch.
The Den Bosch branch was immediately closed and cordoned off by police. Armed officers in bulletproof vests were deployed around the supermarket. A small truck was later brought in to transport the drugs, escorted by two groups of armed police.
The Den Bosch store reopened only after 6 PM.
The type of drug found in Sint-Oudenrode has not been disclosed. Police are investigating whether the incidents are connected and the origin of the drugs. Bananas were removed from shelves due to "delivery issues."
This is not the first such incident in the Netherlands. Last year, several kilograms of cocaine were found in banana crates at Albert Heijn stores.
