It was the most spectacular drug discovery of the past year. Germany Customs and the Federal Police stopped the Mongolian Vice Consul Batushig B. (40) and his chauffeur Sosorbaram E. (48) on the A 17 in the diplomatic Mercedes on 3 May 2019.

During the subsequent search of the vehicle, the officials found two suitcases with an explosive content: 70 kilos of heroin – already neatly packaged in 140 packs of 500 grams each. The street sales value was estimated at over 3million euros!

On Thursday, the Dresden District Court ruled that each should be given eleven years in prison. The drug smugglers came from Istanbul. At the start of the trial in November 2019, Batushig B. stated that he had been involved in a covert intelligence operation.

However, neither Mongolia nor the Federal Foreign Office have confirmed such an undercover operation. (source: bild.de)