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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Me, and all the sorority girls of Florida, Alabama, and Arizona have a one month long party.
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Cocaine’s a hellovah drug.
Don’t miss the cokeovers one bit though.
Heh.
Freebasing was uber-dangerous.
Cooking with water and baking soda is so much safer.
He and Robin Williams were brilliant, when they were lucid and “on”.
There are going to be a lot of wealthy Belgium officials as this thing unfolds.😎
Is it depression, blahs, and diarrhea?
ummmmm, try burning it a lil more often... just sayin
This explains why the European Culture is going by the wayside.
For me it was depression (for all of the money I blew), headache (you can drink like a fish and not get drunk), nasal pain and just a general feeling of s__tyness.
I heard it was like that. I’ve never done it, but friends have.
I think the toilet issue is if it’s cut with laxatives.
Doesn’t look like they’re making much effort to prevent the limited route for import
Everyone who believes that the cops were actually burning the coke raise you hand. Let me tell you about my bridge...
Invite me too.
But of course.
It wouldn’t be a “ho down” without Laz.
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