Cocaine stash found in coffee beans shipment at Nespresso factory

Early indications were that the shipment turned up in five containers that had arrived by sea from Brazil before being transferred on to a train, authorities said

A shipment containing cocaine seized in the Swiss town of Romont (Fribourg cantonal police vi AP)

Swiss police said an investigation is under way after workers at a Nespresso factory in western Switzerland found 500kg (more than 1,100lbs) of cocaine as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train.

Regional police in Fribourg said late on Thursday that they were alerted on Monday by the company to the discovery at the facility in the town of Romont and immediately set up a “broad security perimeter” around it with a large deployment of officers.