Belgian police break up cocaine network, arrest 27

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Belgian officials announced they had broken up a cocaine smuggling gang, arresting 27 people in a series of raids during which they seized drugs, guns and luxury goods — including horses. | AFP

Among the places police raided were a drugs lab where cocaine was being processed, a storage facility for the chemicals they were using, and nearly 600 kilos of cocaine.

Police also seized firearms, cars, encrypted mobile phones, luxury watches and even horses. The loose cocaine they seized added up to more than 1.6 tonnes worth an estimated 80 million euros , prosecutors added. Belgian police seized cocaine worth more than a billion euros back in April after a two-year investigation during which they managed to cracked the system’s encrypted communications — part of a Europe-wide operation.

 

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