Inside The Amusement Park Whose Last Owner Smuggled Cocaine

Inside The Amusement Park Whose Last Owner Smuggled Cocaine Iconic berlin amusement park whose owner, norbert witte, was jailed for trying to import $17 million worth of cocaine. While the former tempelhof airport is arguably the most famous, another equally infamous relic is the deserted amusement park known as spreepark. hidden in the northern reaches of plänterwald, along the river spree, this eerie landmark tells a captivating story.

Inside The Amusement Park Whose Last Owner Smuggled Cocaine An abandoned theme park with ghostly dinosaurs, which is now totally silent but for the creaks of a rollercoaster still ready to go, has a horrifying past of deaths and smuggling. I’d finally made it into spreepark, the old east german amusement park flanked by the river spree, abandoned to the elements on the edge of berlin’s treptower park. Shockingly, the once popular spot was forced to close under his ownership after enormous amounts of cocaine were found buried inside parts of the rides. the following year, he and his son were. But here's what most visitors don't realize when they peer through the construction fencing or sign up for a guided tour: the story behind this abandoned amusement park involves a man whose grandfather claimed to have been crowned king of albania, 167 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a flying carpet ride, and one of the worst carousel.

Inside The Amusement Park Whose Last Owner Smuggled Cocaine Shockingly, the once popular spot was forced to close under his ownership after enormous amounts of cocaine were found buried inside parts of the rides. the following year, he and his son were. But here's what most visitors don't realize when they peer through the construction fencing or sign up for a guided tour: the story behind this abandoned amusement park involves a man whose grandfather claimed to have been crowned king of albania, 167 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a flying carpet ride, and one of the worst carousel. Spreepark opened in 1969 as “kulturpark plänterwald,” east germany’s only amusement park. it closed in 2002, after the berlin wall’s fall 1989 drew visitors west. In its heyday, 1.5m visitors flocked to spreepark. but it went bankrupt in 2001 and plans to save it failed after 167kg of cocaine was found in the flying carpet. Later, he was arrested for attempting to smuggle 400 pounds of cocaine back into germany, tucked into an amusement park ride. rumor has it that after spending time in jail for the offense,. Finally, he and his son were arrested in 2003 when they tried to smuggle 400 pounds of cocaine back into germany; the drugs were found stuffed inside the machinery of a ride called the flying.

Inside The Amusement Park Whose Last Owner Smuggled Cocaine Spreepark opened in 1969 as “kulturpark plänterwald,” east germany’s only amusement park. it closed in 2002, after the berlin wall’s fall 1989 drew visitors west. In its heyday, 1.5m visitors flocked to spreepark. but it went bankrupt in 2001 and plans to save it failed after 167kg of cocaine was found in the flying carpet. Later, he was arrested for attempting to smuggle 400 pounds of cocaine back into germany, tucked into an amusement park ride. rumor has it that after spending time in jail for the offense,. Finally, he and his son were arrested in 2003 when they tried to smuggle 400 pounds of cocaine back into germany; the drugs were found stuffed inside the machinery of a ride called the flying.