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Belgium has too much cocaine: Police run out of incinerators to burn coke after seizing a record 100 tonnes this year
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/21/2022 | Dale Fox

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: antwerp; belgium; cocaine; columbia
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1 posted on 11/21/2022 2:20:12 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

I have an idea.

Me, and all the sorority girls of Florida, Alabama, and Arizona have a one month long party.


2 posted on 11/21/2022 2:22:32 PM PST by EEGator
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I’ve got just the incinerator for that. It may be small but it’s . . . mighty.


3 posted on 11/21/2022 2:23:57 PM PST by BipolarBob (I was born into this world with nothing . . and I still have most of it .)
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To: DFG

“I have too much cocaine” — said no one ever.

Call Hunter. I think he can help.


4 posted on 11/21/2022 2:24:51 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: EEGator

What a way to go...


5 posted on 11/21/2022 2:25:19 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: DFG

I’m lit up just seeing the pic


6 posted on 11/21/2022 2:26:24 PM PST by GenX4Real
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To: DFG

“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.”


7 posted on 11/21/2022 2:26:25 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DFG

Sounds like a job for Hunter....


8 posted on 11/21/2022 2:26:26 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: moovova

1,000 mph with my hair on fire!…


9 posted on 11/21/2022 2:26:52 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Invite me.


10 posted on 11/21/2022 2:27:23 PM PST by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ConservativeInPA

You’re in.


11 posted on 11/21/2022 2:27:41 PM PST by EEGator
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To: DFG

Airdrop it on the Russian troops in Ukraine.


12 posted on 11/21/2022 2:27:59 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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13 posted on 11/21/2022 2:28:22 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: All

Ship it over here to America. We have too many lazy people on weed, we need some more coke heads.


14 posted on 11/21/2022 2:28:29 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: DFG

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.


15 posted on 11/21/2022 2:29:18 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: DFG

“Cocaine is Mother Nature’s way of telling you that you have too much money.” — Richard Pryor


16 posted on 11/21/2022 2:31:56 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: DFG

Just lace it with fentanyl and put back out on the street. The cocaine problem will sort itself out.

/mostly sarc.


17 posted on 11/21/2022 2:32:12 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: DFG

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.


18 posted on 11/21/2022 2:32:21 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: EEGator

I’ll have to send pictures to my ex-wife.


19 posted on 11/21/2022 2:32:22 PM PST by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: EEGator

LOL!


20 posted on 11/21/2022 2:33:10 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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