More than 500 kilograms of cocaine were found by Swiss authorities in a container of coffee beans destined for a Nespresso factory in Romon, in western Switzerland.
According to police, the coffee company Nespresso reported that employees of its factory found white powder while unloading bags of coffee beans that had just arrived from Brazil.
Laboratory tests showed that it was cocaine.
After a search of five other containers that had arrived the same day, more than 500 kilograms of drugs were seized.
According to police, the seized cocaine was "pure" at more than 80% and its value goes up to 50 million Swiss francs (48 million euros).
"It seems that the drugs were destined for the European market," according to police.
"This substance has not come into contact with any of our products or equipment that we use," Nespresso said in a statement, assuring the public that "all of the company's products are safe to use and consume.