German customs officers have been called in to help police cope with stricter checks on the borders aimed at turning back migrants attempting to enter the country irregularly, a Finance Ministry ...

BERLIN (AP) — A special unit of police and customs officials have raided several properties of a Russian national in the southern state of Bavaria, officials said Thursday. The unidentified Russian is ...

BERLINBERLIN — German customs officials have seized 635 kilograms of cocaine among bananas shipped from Ecuador, authorities said Monday. The cocaine, compressed into blocks and wrapped in plastic ...

German customs officials were left stunned after uncovering a chilling surprise inside a shipment labeled as chocolate sponge cake. Instead of sweet treats, officers at Cologne Bonn Airport discovered ...

BERLIN (AP) — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate ...

This photo dated June 18, 2025, and provided by the main customs office Cologne, shows plastic containers holding young tarantulas that had been hidden in chocolate sponge-cake boxes shipped to ...