Crime

Cocaine worth €25 million found in Aldi banana boxes in north Germany

A record amount of the class A drug cocaine – around 500 kilograms – was discovered in crates of bananas near supermarkets in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

supermarket

Ecuador in bid to fight German supermarket chain Aldi on banana costs

Ecuador, the world's largest banana exporter, is urging Latin American producers to fight German supermarket chain Aldi's bid to pay one euro less per case in 2019.

Lidl

Deadly tropical spider found in Lidl banana packaging

A Brazilian wandering spider was discovered by a customer in a Lidl supermarket in Rotenburg, Lower Saxony on Saturday.

drugs

€15m of cocaine found in Aldi banana boxes

More than 300 kilograms of cocaine worth €15 million were discovered in Berlin-area Aldi supermarkets, hidden in cases of bananas, police reported on Monday.