“International smuggling of cocaine plays a prominent role in intercepted messages,” said the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office. “On the basis of that information, dozens of shipments of cocaine have been intercepted since February 20. With a record seizure of almost 11 tons of cocaine on the night of Friday 2 to Saturday 3 April. The drugs were divided into 9,842 packs and were caught between a blue leather cover load”, says the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office.
In recent weeks, the customs services, in collaboration with the Federal Judicial Police Antwerp, the federal public prosecutor’s office and the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office, were able to seize a total of 27.64 tons of cocaine. Good for a total street value of no less than 1.382 billion euros. “Investigations into those involved in these cocaine files are in full swing,” said the public prosecutor’s office.
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