https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12609463/How-cocaine-barons-hide-plain-sight.html

I'm at this game the last 20 odd years pal, I know the way of plays': How cocaine kingpins build their dirty empires by 'hiding in plain sight' before they're caught boasting on EncroChat - as police launch sweeping crackdown on drug lords

https://www.wlbt.com/2023/10/10/sta...th-pills-2200-fentanyl-pills-drug-busts/

State authorities seize nearly 9,700 meth pills and 2,200 fentanyl pills in drug busts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...import-100kg-cocaine-Sydney-Airport.html


Qantas baggage handlers charged after allegedly trying to import 100kg of cocaine into Sydney Airport

https://www.netnewsledger.com/2023/10/10/major-drug-bust-four-arrested-in-northside-traffic-stop/

Major Drug Bust: Four Arrested in Northside Traffic Stop

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/nearly-1-5-million-worth-of-liquid-meth-seized-at-border/

Nearly $1.5 million worth of liquid meth seized at border

https://www.northbaybusinessjournal...tates-100m-in-illegal-cannabis-seizures/

Mendocino County busts part of California’s $100 million in illegal cannabis seizures

https://au.news.yahoo.com/police-seize-662kg-methamphetamine-toilet-015558596.html

Four charged as 660kg of meth found under toilet rolls

https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/why-drug-busts-dont-cause-fatal-overdose/

No — ending drug busts won’t prevent drug overdose

https://democratherald.com/news/loc...1a29378-6a07-11ee-a5e0-9bbbc21a6cb1.html

Linn County traffic stops yield drug busts

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/24340821/ex-porn-star-football-traffic-coke-spainbut-shock-texts/

DRUG BUST Ex-porn star and football WAG, 27, jailed after trying to traffic 14lbs of coke into Spain…but shock texts gave her away

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24398252/armed-police-beach-cocaine-worth-1-2million-washed-up/


BLOW TIDE Armed cops cordon off UK beach as £1MILLION worth of cocaine washes up

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ed-list-arrested-Costa-Blanca-hotel.html

Moment fugitive British 'drug smuggler', 35, on international wanted list is arrested at Costa Blanca hotel

https://www.journal-news.com/news/b...llion-people/XLPX6NEJ3ZGCZGF5KVU3TZ2M2Y/

Butler sheriff: Traffic stop leads to seizure of enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 million people

More than 7,700 kilos of coke intercepted in Bleiswijk, six arrests

Six men were arrested yesterday in Bleiswijk in South Holland who were unloading 7,700 kilos of cocaine from a truck. They are three Dutch, two Belgians and a Polish truck driver.

The coke was found by Antwerp customs among a load of bananas, after which the Fortius Cocaine Flows Task Force was informed. This police team followed the truck to Bleiswijk, where the driver and the five haulers were arrested.

The drugs have a street value of around 200 million euros. The police have not ruled out more arrests.

The Fortius Cocaine Flows Task Force is a partnership between the Dutch and Belgian police and focuses on combating the import of cocaine via the port of Antwerp to the Netherlands.

Again almost 8 tons, the production in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru is unbelievable.

Do you know what group is behind this?

Not yet, but with these hugh batches, probably different european groups.

‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/tsunami-keeps-coming-europe-growing-cocaine-market

Yeah , that's what i thought , multiple groups got together. I can't think of any single group in Europe that can get this large quantities , probably only some 'Ndrangheta clans.

Armed commando from the Netherlands arrested in Antwerp
October 18, 2023

The Antwerp police arrested seven Dutch people on Tuesday evening who may have been part of an armed commando that was on its way to retrieve a shipment of seized cocaine. Customs announced on Tuesday that several tons of cocaine had been seized in the port of Antwerp.

The Gazet van Antwerpen writes that on Tuesday evening a black minibus with a Dutch license plate was stuck on the IJzerlaan in Antwerp, near the port. Seven men were arrested. According to local residents, they were met by the Antwerp police, who had been on the lookout for hours. There were several sports bags in the minibus.

Customs shed
The police take into account that serious drug criminals were on their way to retrieve a shipment of intercepted cocaine. A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Antwerp on Tuesday. The drugs are stored in a customs warehouse near IJzerlaan.

The exact amount of cocaine seized has yet to be weighed. The drugs were hidden among a batch of soy meal from Sierra Leone.

Yes it's multi ethnic though, but the principals and financiers of cocaine imports are often located in the Netherlands.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/arti...-record-drug-bust-involving-fake-cocaine

Australia jails Chinese woman 3 years after US$630 million record drug bust involving fake cocaine as a lure

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...n-charged-drugs-cocaine-cash-Sydney.html

Sudanese male model Anei Dut among five men charged over 'rip on, rip off' shipping container bust that seized cocaine worth $100million

https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/metro/more-than-100-pounds-of-drugs-worth-4m-found-in-nyc-pizzeria/

More than 100 pounds of drugs worth $4M found in raid on NYC pizzeria

Antwerp: not 3 tons but 7 tons of cocaine caught
October 25, 2023

The enormous amount of cocaine that was intercepted by Belgian Customs in the Waasland port in Antwerp on Monday appears to be more than double what was previously estimated. Not about three but seven tons were taken.

This is evident from the file that the Antwerp Public Prosecution Service submitted to the investigating judge on Wednesday. This has placed a Belgian (30) and a Dutchman (29) in pre-trial detention. The two were arrested on Monday on suspicion of involvement in the importation of the drugs.

The Belgian was a driver who had arrived in a truck to pick up the container with the drugs at the port site. The Dutchman was there as a passenger. A loaded handgun was found in the cab of the truck, the prosecutor's office said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67233201

HMP Lindholme: UK's biggest prison drug-smuggling gang smashed

https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guard-offloads-450-million-worth-of-drugs-in-florida/

U.S. Coast Guard Offloads $450 Million Worth of Drugs in Florida

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12681903/Pair-charged-120kg-drugs-suitcases-seized.html

Pyrmont drug bust: Two men charged after 120kg of drugs stashed in suitcases seized from inner-city house

https://globalnews.ca/news/10061096/northeast-calgary-drug-busts-october/

3 charged after Calgary police say they seized over $2M worth of drugs in 2 busts

https://maritime-executive.com/arti...ship-into-the-ocean-with-cocaine-bundles

Video: Drug Smugglers Dive from Boxship into the Ocean with Cocaine Bundles

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/h...ted-of-murder-of-hire-gets-life-sentence

Houston drug trafficker convicted of murder of hire gets life sentence