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Information from the NOS•right now, 20:15
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The Spanish law enforcement arrested the two leaders of a Dutch-Belgian drug gang in Marbella. A single is a Dutchman, the other a Belgian. The two headed an group that smuggled cocaine from Brazil to Antwerp and Rotterdam. The cocaine was hidden in the containers.
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Arrests were being also created in the Netherlands and Belgium. In total, 9 people today have been arrested. The identity of the suspects has not been launched.
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Pictures of the raid on a single of the villas:
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The arrests are the outcome of a joint investigation that the Dutch and Belgian police introduced in 2020. In May perhaps of that year, 556 kilos of cocaine were being seized in Brazil, a several months later in Rotterdam two batches of all over 1000 kilos alongside one another. and in January 2021 a 2300 kilos batch in Antwerp. The deliveries were being supposed for a Belgian organization and two Dutch corporations.
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‘Never seen’
The investigation unveiled that the two shoppers resided on the Costa del Sol. Initially, Spanish police tracked a person down. That consumer continued to transfer to a various place, but was inevitably tracked down to a villa in Marbella.
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Then the next customer came on the scene. This particular person also lived in a villa in Marbella. “The two homes are found in the a lot more pricey areas of Marbella. As the police, we raid residences every single week, but I in no way really saw them. One property had offices, three saunas and a padel courtroom.”
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The other 7 suspects had been subsequently recognized and arrested. In addition to 2,800 kilos of cocaine, high priced automobiles and electronic knowledge carriers ended up seized for the duration of the queries.
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