Luxembourg authorities seized almost a ton of cocaine hidden in a stone crusher ” Colombian The origin “in a record bust for a small European state, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Police detained two suspects on Thursday last week after discovering white powder worth up to 160 million euros ($ 165 million) inside the machine.
It took Forensics to police for almost a week to pull out all the packages astonished in three rollers, after the apparatus was taken to a safe place for dismantling, the officials said.
Luxembourg police announced Pictures depicting armed officers behind dozens of packets of alleged drugs. They said cocaine “would be destroyed as soon as possible.”
Luxembourg police
In total, the authorities found “just over 889 pounds” cocaine, the public prosecutor’s office said Grand Duchy.
The machine was just delivered when he was overjoyed, he added.
Authorities said the investigation continued and did not provide details of the arrested.
Local media reported that subtraction took place on a farm in the north of a rich country located between France, Germany and Belgium.
Last month, a Study determined This use of cocaine in France almost doubled, and 1.1 million people took an illegal drug at least once in 2023. France is now 7th in Europe in terms of cocaine consumption.
In November, the Belgian authorities announced that they had seized almost Five tons of cocaine Ready in shipping containers at the Antwerp port, as part of a cross -border investigation of a drug trade ring. Antwerp’s onion is one of the main Gatewayway for drugs Smuggled from South America to the European market, and the decline in the huge object happens often.
Most of the world cocaine are produced in Colombia. Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record 2023, jumping 53 percent, to 2600 tons, according to the UN on drugs and crime.
