Six people have been arrested following the discovery on Tuesday of 1.963 tonnes of cocaine at the port of Antwerp. The Antwerp public prosecutor's office said on Friday that some of the drugs had been found inside two containers that had been selected for inspection by customs on the port’s Quay 730.
A port employee moved the containers in order for them to be collected. The 28-year-old dock worker and the 31-year-old lorry driver that went to the port to collect the containers were both been arrested. A total of 994 kilos of cocaine were found in the two containers. The drugs were concealed in a load of sugar.
The second seizure took place at Quay 1742, where a batch of 969 kilos of cocaine was discovered inside a container. The police stopped a lorry loaded with two containers in order to check its load. However, during the inspection two men that were inside the containers tried to escape. They and the driver of the lorry were arrested. The three men are aged 41, 42 and 43 were arrested as was a 33-year-old container forklift driver.
All six suspects have been formally arrested by an examining magistrate. Meanwhile, the criminal investigation continues.