Cartel that supplies third of Europe’s coke busted with £2,700,000,000 in drugs

A ‘super cartel’ that supplies a third of Europe’s coke has finally been busted.

More than 30 tonnes of drugs with a street value of £2.7 billion were seized in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Belgium, and the UAE. 

The European Union crime agency confirmed 49 suspects have been hunted down as part of the so-called ‘Operation Desert Light’, including six ‘high-value’ targets in Dubai.

Police targeted both the ‘command-and-control centre and the logistical drugs trafficking infrastructure.

Europol released footage from the latest series of raids, which took place between November 8 and 19.

At least 30 officers can be seen forcing entry into a property in the middle of the night.

Another clip shows several men being taken led away from a home in handcuffs.

The The agency added that the suspects used encrypted The Netherlands was the country where most of the arrests were made, with 14 in 2021Dutch authorities said one of the suspects arrested in Dubai allegedly imported thousands of kilos of cocaine into the Netherlands in

Europol says 49 arrested in cocaine cartel takedown; 30 tonnes of drugs seized

A 40-year-old Dutch-Bosnian citizen was also arrested in Dubai following an investigation based on intercepted Sky messages.

He is suspected of importing cocaine and raw materials for the production of amphetamines into Europe.

More than 214 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the region in 2020, a 6% increase from the previous year.

Experts from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction believe that amount could reach 300 tonnes in 2022.

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