2023-08-10 06:06:00 “We want to dissuade them by punishing them very severely here,” said one in the cabinet of Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne. The number of Dutch nationals in a Belgian cell has almost doubled since 2018. This is partly due to the cracking of Sky ECC, the encrypted messaging service often used by … Read more
2023-08-08 13:33:00 The victim was found on February 23 in Ravels (Antwerp) by workers. He was missing a finger and had other injuries that appeared to have been stabbed. The Dutchman was allegedly kidnapped and tortured, potentially in connection with a drug-related case. The investigation quickly led to the arrest of three people, Dutch people … Read more
2023-08-07 00:01:00 News Company 07/08/2023 More and more young people in Japan are involved in cannabis cases, especially since the price of the drug is much cheaper than stimulants and the number of countries that have legalized it has increased, according to the National Agency for the police. Cannabis trafficking also seems to be growing … Read more
2023-08-01 16:22:00 Thirty-seven people were arrested for drug trafficking during the two weekends of the Tomorrowland festival which was organized in Boom (province of Antwerp), the Antwerp prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. The suspects were apprehended while selling narcotics in and around the provincial domain which hosts the festival. Three of the arrested dealers were … Read more
2023-07-31 17:19:02 Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) is slow to set up the drug incident network, CD&V MP Els Van Hoof said on Monday in reaction to the deaths at the Tomorrowland festival. The bill providing for the establishment of a network of drug-related incidents was unanimously approved by the House in 2019. This network … Read more
2023-07-20 15:33:00 An individual was arrested in the Chasse district of Etterbeek on July 14 in possession of cannabis resin, “poppers”, MDMA, ecstasy, cocaine, “speed” and marijuana, the Montgomery police zone reported on Thursday. The suspect has been placed under an arrest warrant. “One of our patrols had its attention drawn to an individual who … Read more
2023-07-18 15:56:00 Customs found a large quantity of cocaine hidden in a container of bananas on Sunday at the port of Antwerp, the Antwerp prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. In total, 6,822 kilos of drugs were discovered. The police apprehended four individuals. The seizure took place on quay 1742 at the port of the country … Read more
2023-06-17 11:02:03 Four young people lived, peacefully, in shared accommodation in a building in the Laveu district of Liège. All born in 2000 and 2001, they were no longer studying and their professional agendas were not the busiest either. And yet, one cannot speak of total idleness since they had opened a “little drug store”. … Read more