Munich - A Bavarian supermarket employee found more than just fruit when unpacking crates of bananas.

Two of the boxes contained 28 kilos of cocaine with a street value of 1.4 million euros (1.9 million dollars), police said Friday.

The female worker raised the alarm after finding the drugs in 26 plastic bags hidden under a layer of the fruit.

The bananas were shipped from Colombia to the Belgium port of Antwerp. From there they were sent by truck to Germany where they were delivered to the supermarket in Illertissen on Wednesday.

Police speculated the drugs arrived at the wrong destination as a result of a mix-up by smugglers. (dpa)