Dutchman caught with suitcases filled with ecstasy, ketamine on train to Berlin
The German police arrested a 42-year-old Dutchman on a train from Amsterdam to Berlin for drug trafficking. He had two suitcases filled with €440,000 worth of ecstasy pills and ketamine with him, the German customs reported on Tuesday.
The arrest happened on July 14. Customs officers checked the man at Bad Bentheim, the first German stop on the international train from Amsterdam to Berlin.
According to the German authorities, the man denied having drugs with him and said that the two suitcases had been given to him. He also claimed not to know the suitcases’ lock code, but opened them when pressed.
Once opened, the suitcases proved to be filled to the brim with drugs - 30 kilograms of ecstasy pills and 5 kilograms of ketamine. The drugs have an estimated street value of €440,000.
The German authorities seized the drugs and arrested the Dutchman. The investigation is ongoing.
