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.