News FAQBlick aufs Festland

Cocaine by Mail: How an Innocent-Looking Postcard Was Exposed in Potsdam

How Drugs Can Be Hidden in Ordinary Mail

Why small postcard-style shipments can be used to hide drugs in mail traffic from Spain to Germany.

Published: April 22, 2026
Cocaine by Mail: How an Innocent-Looking Postcard Was Exposed in Potsdam

Answer

How can cocaine be hidden in ordinary mail sent from Mallorca or Spain?

Smugglers sometimes use very small, low-profile items such as postcards or envelopes to hide drugs, because they are inexpensive to send and can look harmless at first glance. In the Potsdam case, customs found cocaine concealed beneath silver foil in a postcard sent from Barcelona. That kind of packaging is designed to blend in with normal mail traffic.

More questions on this topic

Related follow-up questions from the same article, collected in one place.