![Roland Weihrauch North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach speaks, during a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024 . German investigators said Monday they seized 35.5 metric tons of cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) on different container ships and made seven arrests in connection with what they called the largest cocaine find in the country so far. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e021dcb33e0a48588e9351d6af66f8a9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach speaks, during a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024 . German investigators said Monday they seized 35.5 metric tons of cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) on different container ships and made seven arrests in connection with what they called the largest cocaine find in the country so far. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)
![Roland Weihrauch From left, Andreas Meyer, Baden W'rttemberg State Criminal Police Office, Julius Sterzel, ZeOS public prosecutor, Benjamin Limbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice, Tino Igelmann, Head of the North Rhine-Westphalia Customs Criminal Police Office, and Ronald Lenz, Head of the Stuttgart Customs Investigation Office take part in a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7978932397b34e18a87bb3265d4d30b9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
From left, Andreas Meyer, Baden W'rttemberg State Criminal Police Office, Julius Sterzel, ZeOS public prosecutor, Benjamin Limbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice, Tino Igelmann, Head of the North Rhine-Westphalia Customs Criminal Police Office, and Ronald Lenz, Head of the Stuttgart Customs Investigation Office take part in a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)