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The European Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, Europol, announced the dismantling of a huge drug trafficking network that controls a third of the cocaine trade in Europe, and the arrest of 49 suspects from different countries, including six considered important targets in Dubai.
And Agence France-Presse quoted Europol as saying in a statement today: As part of the huge international operation, 30 tons of drugs were seized, while suspects were arrested in France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, adding: The Dubai authorities arrested two very important suspects linked to the network in the Netherlands. , in addition to two people linked to Spain, and others linked to France.
According to the statement, 13 people were arrested in Spain, six in France and 10 in Belgium, while 14 people were arrested in the Netherlands as part of the same operation.
Prosecutors in the Netherlands stated that they would request the extradition of the suspects from the United Arab Emirates, noting that the detainees face charges of serious criminal offenses related to international drug smuggling, especially from South America through the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam.