Man sues supermarket after finding cocaine in his Nesquik Nestle’s bumf says that chocolate Nesquik “turns milk into an irresistibly delicious, nutritious drink for your family”. But one Spanish […]

Nestle’s bumf says that chocolate Nesquik “turns milk into an irresistibly delicious, nutritious drink for your family”.

But one Spanish customer discovered instead £11,000 of Colombian marching powder stuffed inside his packet of the popular milkshake product.

The man from the city of Zaragoza, north-eastern Spain, first noticed there was something amiss when he returned home from the supermarket and saw the lid of the large tub was partially open.

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Inside, hidden among the chocolate he found a 250g packet of the class-A drug.

The man, who has not been named, called the police who tested the contents of the packet and confirmed it was cocaine, worth an estimated €13,000 (£11,000).

Spain’s National Police have opened an investigation, confirming that the tub left the factory intact so must have been tampered with in the supermarket. An analysis of CCTV cameras has resulted in few leads, however, as none were pointing towards the Nesquik aisle.

The unlikely incident went viral across social media in Spain after it was reported in local newspaper, El Heraldo de Aragón, at the end of January. Thousands of people took to Twitter to make jokes, which soon saw the hashtag #Nesquik trending.

“We need more Nesquik in aisle six. I repeat, we have completely sold out of Nesquik,” one Twitter user joked.

Despite remaining anonymous throughout, the man at the centre of the story announced this week he plans to sue the supermarket where he bought the offending Nesquik in part because of the overwhelming attention the story has received.

‘Moral damage’

Speaking to Spanish newspaper, El Mundo, lawyer Francisco Javier Acín on Tuesday said his client had decided to take legal action because of the “moral damage” he had suffered, as well as the worry of retaliation by the drugs traffickers.

Dismissing claims that his client was on the make, the lawyer criticised the “lack of empathy” shown to his client in the Spanish media and on social media.

Spain’s close ties to Latin America make it a popular entry-point into Europe for narcotics — often hidden in unlikely products.

It is not the first time drugs have been stowed in food in Spain. They have turned up hidden in hollowed-out pineapples, crates of bananas and, just this week, a shipment of frozen chickens.