Dutch lead in Antwerp drug arrests as 2025 total tops last year

The Belgian police have already arrested more drug runners in the port of Antwerp this year than in the whole of 2024. In the first four months of 2025, 131 suspects were arrested, while last year there were 128, the Maritime Police announced, writes the VRT. Most suspects (58) come from the Netherlands. 47 arrested runners had Belgian nationality. Others come mainly from France, Albania and Morocco. The suspects are getting younger, the police …

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zen reading Home / Videos / Belgium / Various facts Home Videos Belgium Various facts Flanders videos Subject by subject drug trafficking port danvers Federal police arrest drug trafficking Home / Various facts 2 photos Video Sunday, May 11, 2025 - 19:21 A record of arrests linked to drug trafficking in the port of Antwerp Sunday, May 11, 2025

Dutch lead in Antwerp drug arrests as 2025 total tops last year

More Dutch nationals have been arrested this year in Antwerp’s port for attempting to extract drugs from shipping containers than any other nationality, Belgian police said. In just the first four months of 2025, authorities detained 131 suspected drug extractors—already surpassing the total of 128 for all of 2024, NOS reports.