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Morning jolt? Swiss find cocaine stash amid coffee bean bags

This image released by Fribourg cantonal police on Friday, May 6, 2022 shows cocaine seized in the Swiss town of Romont last Monday. Police say an investigation is under way after workers at a Nespresso factory in western Switzerland happened upon a stash of 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of about 50 million francs (dollars), as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train. (Fribourg cantonal police via AP) This image released by Fribourg cantonal police on Friday, May 6, 2022 shows a shipment containing cocaine seized in the Swiss town of Romont last Monday. Police say an investigation is under way after workers at a Nespresso factory in western Switzerland happened upon a stash of 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of about 50 million francs (dollars), as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train. (Fribourg cantonal police vi AP)
Morning jolt? Swiss find cocaine stash amid coffee bean bags