Customs makes another major drug seizure in the port of Antwerp: 7.5 tons of cocaine intercepted
Customs have again made a large cocaine seizure in the port of Antwerp. It concerns 7.5 tons of cocaine. The shipment of drugs was hidden in a shipment of bananas on a ship arriving from Guayaquil, Ecuador. This is reported by the Federal Public Service Finance. The Antwerp Federal Judicial Police has started an investigation.

Ludwig DeWolf
Fri Nov 0321:21
Customs have made a large drug seizure at quay 1742 in the Waaslandhaven. A shipment of bananas contained 7.5 tons of cocaine. It is at least the fourth major drug seizure in just a few weeks.

Not far from quay 1742, nine people were arrested who were hiding in a container. It is not yet clear whether there is a link between the people who have been arrested and the drug seizure.

The nine arrested people, including two minors, will be brought before the investigating judge on Saturday.

More and more drug seizures
The port of Antwerp is a busy transit port for drug criminals. In recent weeks, several large loads of cocaine have been intercepted by customs.

In 2022, a record amount of 110 tons of cocaine was intercepted in the port of Antwerp. The previous record dated from a year earlier, when 90 tons of cocaine were intercepted.