Last week, Belgian customs officers seized almost 9 tons of cocaine, with a street value of 750 million euros, in two drug busts. The authorities spoke of a white Christmas. Cocaine imports in Antwerp often involve Dutch criminals, NOS reports.
Last week Monday, Belgian authorities found 3.9 tons of cocaine in a shipment of bananas from Ecuador. On Wednesday, they found another 4.8 tons in a load of bananas from Panama. On the same day, the Dutch authorities found 1.3 tons of cocaine among bananas shipped via Antwerp in Vlissingen.