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Belgium in race to burn seized cocaine before gangs steal it back
The country’s drugs commissioner will present a plan to tackle drug-related crimes to Belgium’s National Security Council on Wednesday.
Belgium’s drug gangs want their cocaine back.The country has seized so much of the white powder lately that it now faces a new problem: Its stashes of confiscated cocaine are becoming a target for criminals looking to steal them back.
Belgium and the Netherlands are among the top European destinations for drugs coming from Latin America — mostly cocaine — and seizures in Belgium have ramped up over recent months. But while the Netherlands has the ability to incinerate any cocaine it seizes the same day, Belgium is not there yet — giving criminals an irresistible opportunity.
“We used to seize quantities that were part of the calculated risk for criminal organizations,” Ine Van Wymersch, Belgium’s drugs commissioner, told public broadcaster VRT on Tuesday evening. “But the quantities we seize today are much bigger and no longer part of the calculated risk. [Drug criminals] are clearly willing to go great lengths to recuperate the drugs.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/…
