In 2018, a record amount of 73,000 kilos of cocaine has been intercepted in Dutch and Belgian ports. In 2017 it was more than 54,000 kilos.The police say that increasingly heavier loads enter the Netherlands. "A few years ago it was sometimes a shipment of 500 kilos. Today it involves thousands of kilos. The shipments are getting bigger and are usually meant for the hinterland. For example, a lot goes to Germany. "