GERMANY - Produce crime strikes again! This time in Germany, where customs officials intercepted the largest individual cocaine drug bust in the country’s history. 4.5 tons of the drug were confiscated in a shipment of soybeans—valued at approximately $1 billion euros ($1.1 billion USD), so say what you want about Germany, but clearly their drug sniffing dogs have earned their kibble.

"This outstanding success proves once again how powerfully German customs fight crime," Rolf Bösinger, the State Secretary in charge of customs at the Federal Ministry of Finance, said. "With sophisticated risk analysis, customs succeed in opening the right containers and extracting illegal goods from the enormous number of containers that pass through the Port of Hamburg every day."

The shipment originated from Montevideo, Uruguay, and arrived in the Port of Hamburg, with an intended final destination of Antwerp, Belgium, according to CBS News. The shipment’s paperwork claimed it was nothing but soybeans, but, as Maury would say, the test determined that was a lie. Upon investigation the customs agents found more than just soybeans, instead uncovering 4,200 packets of pressed cocaine in 211 duffle bags.

Drug smugglers have long been using produce as a cover for their operations, hiding drugs in everything from bananas and carrots to dried fruit and bell peppers. Although I find myself oddly impressed with these crooks’ produce-forward predilections, the vigilant efforts of customs and law enforcement prove, once again, that crime doesn’t pay.