Seven people were arrested in Belgium on Monday (01/03), following the seizure of 4.18 tonnes of cocaine last week in Rotterdam, the largest quantity found in 2021 in this port in the south Netherlands, announced in the last hours the Dutch prosecution.
The drugs, valued at € 300 million, were hidden in a container of bananas, which had arrived from Ecuador and was intended for Antwerp (Belgium).
“4,060 kilos were found in (a load) of bananas, after a thorough investigation. In addition, 120 kilos were found on the roof of the container “, the prosecutor’s authorities explained.
“This is the most important seizure of 2021,” they added. The cocaine was discovered on December 30.
The drugs were destroyed in Netherlands, before reaching Belgium. The Belgian authorities and a Dutch team then followed the container to a warehouse in Essen (Belgium), on the other side of the border.
THE Belgian police carried out a raid on Monday and arrested a total of 7 people, five Belgians and two British. Six detainees have been taken into custody.
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