Police have dismantled a huge drugs "super-cartel" that controlled a third of Europe's cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, Europol said on Monday.
The crackdown—which involved one"extremely big fish" from the Netherlands and based in Dubai—largely targeted cocaine coming from South America through the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, the European Union's police agency said in a statement. Lex Van Lieshout/ ANP/ AFP/ File photo
The crackdown—which involved one "extremely big fish" from the Netherlands and based in Dubai—largely targeted cocaine coming from South America through the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. Europol said Dubai had arrested two "high-value" suspects who are linked to France, two connected to the Netherlands and another two linked to Spain.
Police took down the SKY ECC phone platform last year, after secretly using it for a long period to listen in on what were supposed to be secure communications between drug traffickers.Dutch prosecutors said they would request the extradition of the suspects from the United Arab Emirates. The Dutch suspects were allegedly linked to Ridouan Taghi, who was arrested in Dubai in 2019 and is now on trial in the Netherlands, the source said.
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