The European Union's police agency in a statement according to AFP, also arrested 49 people in six countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, seized 30 tonnes of the drugs and led to arrests in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain. The operation was carried out with help from the US Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, over the space of 11 days in November.
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation on Monday said that police have busted a huge drug “super-cartel” that controlled a third of Europe's cocaine trade.The European Union's police agency in a statement according to AFP, also arrested 49 people in six countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, seized 30 tonnes of the drugs and led to arrests in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain.
A Europol source told AFP on condition of anonymity that one of the “Dutch suspects is an extremely big fish”.The source added that the Dutch suspects were allegedly linked to Ridouan Taghi, who was arrested in Dubai in 2019 and is now on trial in the Netherlands.Taghi is said to have been accused of running a huge Amsterdam-based cocaine smuggling group and faces charges including murder.
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