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Congolese Diplomat Based in Belgium Detained in Bulgaria for Drug Trafficking

Summary by La Libre
He is suspected of using his diplomatic passport to transport drugs in suitcases. ...

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The prosecutor refers to a well-established modus operandi, with an increasingly heavy cargo over unnoticed convoys, as diplomatic vehicles are not "generally uncontrolled".

·Paris, France
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Second secretary of the DRC Embassy in Benelux, Jean de Dieu Mutebwa Mulumba said he went to Sofia to shop for his wife and not know what was in the luggage found on his vehicle.

·Paris, France
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He is suspected of using his diplomatic passport to transport drugs in suitcases. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Jean De Dieu Mutebwa Mulumba, second secretary of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Benelux, reportedly served as a smuggler on several occasions between Western Europe and Turkey, taking advantage of the immunity attached to diplomatic plates. The Bulgarian authorities carried out a resounding arrest on the border with Turkey: a Congolese diplomat, Jean De Dieu Mutebwa Mulumba, was arrested while carrying more than 200 kilo…

The second secretary of the DRC Embassy in Benelux, Jean de Dieu Mutebwa Mulumba, was arrested on Friday, with more than 200 kg of cocaine in his service vehicle. The Congolese diplomat was detained in Bulgaria, as well as the two other passengers who were in his company. The Congolese emissary based in Brussels, suspected of having used his diplomatic sesame to transport drugs in his suitcases, was detained in Bulgaria, after being caught in fl…

Jean De Dieu Mutebwa Mulumba, second secretary at the embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Benelux, has travelled from Turkey to Western Europe five times in the past year. According to police, the man was gradually transporting increasing quantities of drugs and was able to travel unnoticed thanks to the diplomatic status of the vehicle, which is usually not subject to border checks. When he was stopped on Friday at the Bulgarian-Turk…

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La Libre broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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