Posted on 11/21/2022 2:20:12 PM PST by DFG
Belgium has seized so much cocaine from smugglers operating through the port of Antwerp that it needs more incinerator space to destroy it, officials said Monday.
The massive police stash has been given the nickname the 'cocaine-berg,' with more than 100 tonnes on track to be amassed by the end of the year.
Authorities are concerned that depots used to store the drugs could become targets for robberies by powerful gangs seeking to recover their lucrative cargoes.
There's a problem with incinerator capacity,' Belgian customs service spokesman Francis Adyns told AFP, confirming reports in the local press promising that 'a structural solution is on the way.'
Officials in the Flanders regional government said a plan could be announced as soon as Tuesday.
Belgium's latest problem stems from the astronomical quantities of cocaine from Latin America which are intercepted in Antwerp, Europe's main port of entry for the illegal trade.
According to local press reports, suspected gang members have been seen using drones to scout around customs depots housing seized cocaine worth millions of euros.
Authorities are working quickly to destroy the seizures but, Adyns said, to incinerate cocaine 'there are environmental standards to be met.'
Antwerp - spread over 47 square miles - has emerged as the epicentre of Europe’s trade in cocaine, partly because it has long been a gateway port for goods imported into Europe from South America.
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I have an idea.
Me, and all the sorority girls of Florida, Alabama, and Arizona have a one month long party.
I’ve got just the incinerator for that. It may be small but it’s . . . mighty.
“I have too much cocaine” — said no one ever.
Call Hunter. I think he can help.
What a way to go...
I’m lit up just seeing the pic
“Yeah that’s the ticket.
We’ll tell them the incinerators are full.
I’m just going to take this bag to burn at home.”
Sounds like a job for Hunter....
1,000 mph with my hair on fire!…
Invite me.
You’re in.
Airdrop it on the Russian troops in Ukraine.
Ship it over here to America. We have too many lazy people on weed, we need some more coke heads.
No problem. Just adulterate it to make it unusable until incineration. Lots of chemicals would suffice. Optimally, it should change its appearance, odor, and taste, making it unpalatable.
“Cocaine is Mother Nature’s way of telling you that you have too much money.” — Richard Pryor
Just lace it with fentanyl and put back out on the street. The cocaine problem will sort itself out.
/mostly sarc.
Just gonna point out that Antwerp is indeed a port city. You don’t have to burn this stuff — put it on a boat, go out about a mile, and dump it.
I’ll have to send pictures to my ex-wife.
LOL!
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