A 24-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother are on trial at Holbæk Court, charged with smuggling a total of 67.2 kilos of cocaine from Germany into Denmark on two car trips in 2025.
Both women appeared in Retten i Holbæk, where the daughter gave her account of the two journeys across the German-Danish border. According to DR, which reported from the courtroom, the two have been held in pretrial detention since November 3.
The indictment covers two separate trips. On August 18, 2025, the women allegedly brought at least 30 kilos of cocaine into Denmark, hidden in a concealed compartment in the daughter’s Peugeot 5008. The second trip is said to have taken place on November 2, 2025, when 37.2 kilos were driven across the border. The women were arrested later that same day.
In both cases, the women’s three children, all under the age of ten, were in the car. The daughter has pleaded not guilty to the August 18 count and partly guilty to the November 2 count. The mother denies both counts.
Daughter says her mother knew nothing
During her testimony, the daughter stated that her mother did not know there was cocaine in the vehicle. As reported by DR, the prosecutor read out the mother’s statement from the initial custody hearing, in which she said she felt exploited and cheated by her daughter.
Both women have described the trips to Germany as leisure outings, so-called “hyggeture,” including shopping at Primark and Fleggaard. The daughter told the court that the cocaine found in the car on November 2 had been placed there about a month before the trip. The placement took place in Sæby, and she said she was unaware of the hidden compartments.
Per her account, the drugs were meant to be driven to Lolland. She said she instead ended up at a women’s shelter, where she forgot that the cocaine was still in the car. She maintained that the drugs were already in the vehicle before the November trip to Germany.
Several room and phone recordings from the November journey were played in court. Prosecutor Andreas Dahl asked the daughter about a remark that the mother should come along “so it looks more like a family trip.” She replied that she feared the municipality would place her children in care if they were looked after by others too often.
The prosecution also presented photographs of banknotes that the 24-year-old had saved on Snapchat. She told the court that the money came from sugardating, where she had dated several men for payment.
Searches of other Danish and international outlets found no separate reporting on the case, and no case-specific material has been published by the police, the prosecution service or the courts. The trial continues Friday, with a verdict expected on August 31.
