Drug trafficking: Brussels Airport has become a hub

To make drugs pass from the Netherlands to Europe or the United States, postal shipments via packages are increasing. Customs installed its office in the middle of the postal sorting center at Brussels-Zaventem airport in Belgium.

Brussels Zaventem (Belgium) is one of the major European airports, and it has despite itself become one of the rotating plates of drug trafficking in Europe. Invisible traffic, which hides behind the walls of the freight area. In this gigantic postal sorting center, customs installed its office in the middle of the packages. Here she finds cannabis there for the United States, and from the Netherlands, the main drug producer in Europe.

Seven tonnes seized in 2022

More and more drugs made in the Netherlands pass through Brussels. And more and more synthetic drugs. The customs officer’s office is full of objects of all kinds, which are used to transport drugs. And very often, it uses the strong way. Sometimes the Ecstasy pills are directly hidden in the packaging boxes. Even more surprising, snowballs, bound for New Zealand, which contain liquid ketamine, a psychotropic trainee that customs officials detect using a scanner. In 2022, seven tonnes of synthetic drugs were seized at Brussels airport.