‘Super-cartel’ busted with 30 tonnes of cocaine worth £3,000,000,000
A ‘super cartel’ that supplies a third of Europe’s coke has finally been busted.
More than 30 tonnes of drugs with an estimated street value of £3 billion were seized in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Belgium, and the UAE.
Europol said 49 suspects have been arrested as part of the so-called ‘Operation Desert Light’, including six chief suspects in Dubai.
Police targeted both the ‘command-and-control centre and the logistical drugs trafficking infrastructure in Europe’.
The latest series of raids took place between November 8 and 19.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration also played a role in bringing down the organisation, which was also involved in money-laundering.
‘The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects’ control and command was massive,’ Europol said.
The agency added that the suspects used encrypted communications to organise drugs shipments.
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