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Customs prevented smuggling 1.5 tons of cocaine in Rotterdam port
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
The port customs services in Rotterdam for the second time this week intercepted a huge cargo cocaine. Friday was thwarted. smuggling 1.5 tonnes This drug and just a few days earlier over 3 tonnes. The Netherlands is central to the European cocaine trade network.
There's practically no week without reports of another attempt. smugglingdrugs in Rotterdam port. However, recent days are among record days.
3 were intercepted on Tuesday night on Wednesday. tonnes cocaine EUR 225 million. It was one of the greatest trials smugglingau cocaine of which port. The cocaine was hidden in containers filled with barrels of banana puree. Customs found drugs while checking a container from Ecuador that was intended for a company in Switzerland.
Friday 1543 kilograms cocaine value 115 EUR million was found in pineapple containers that came from Costa Rica and were intended for a company in Germany.
According to the NOS portal, twelve container company employees have been arrested in recent months. smugglingNothing. They all lived around. Rotterdam.
"Ten men and two women were arrested in June and July," reports the portal. Eleven of them are currently in custody. The 12th was fired, but is still considered a suspect.
Captured quantity cocaine in Rotterdam port It grows every year. Last year she was intercepted by police and customs officers a record amount of this drug – 40.9 tonnes.
In May this year, Minister of Justice Ferd Grappenhaus announced the allocation of EUR 5 million to strengthen control in port. The money was to be used, among other things, to purchase buildings with a higher standard of security and to secure the area. "We will also invest in the fight against corruption among workers," said Minister Grapperhaus.
Written by Andrzej Pawluszek/PAP
