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Record cocaine haul seized in Belgium after police crack encrypted communications
Belgian authorities have reported another record cocaine haul after customs officials at the port of Antwerp seized almost 10 tonnes of the drug, with an estimated street value of 1.4 billion Euros ($2.2 billion).
Key points:
- Police act after breaking an encrypted communications network used by criminals
- Employees of the Belgian finance ministry and port were among those arrested
- More than 25 tonnes of cocaine have been seized in Belgium in the past six weeks
The illegal shipment was discovered after the Easter long weekend and was hidden in a cargo of blue leather.
It brought the total amount of cocaine confiscated in Belgium over the past six weeks to more than 25 tonnes.
Police capitalised on the breaking of an encrypted…
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