The Belgian officials probably did not expect such an Easter surprise. Instead of confiscating delicious chocolate bunnies, they confiscated less child-friendly drug bunnies.
A close look by the experienced customs officers revealed the explosive secret behind the aluminum foil. The animals consisted of a huge lump of MDMA, the raw material from which the addictive drug ecstasy is made.
Cargo destined for Hong Kong
The fake bunnies were packed in Belgium and addressed to a buyer in Hong Kong, but the final destination was the cargo terminal at Brussels Airport – a scan of the supposed chocolate bunnies with a so-called Raman spectrometer immediately raised the alarm. The warning: “MDMA (XTC)” The device can detect the chemical composition of a substance using a laser.
In total, authorities seized about one to two kilograms of the substance when it was found. “One kilo is enough for 6,000 ecstasy pills,” an official explains. Even the experienced detectives were amazed by the bizarre methods of the smugglers who have chosen Belgium as a hub for synthetic drugs.
Belgium as a hub for Europe
Besides the Netherlands, Belgium has developed in recent years into the most important trading center for drugs in Europe. A record amount of 110 tons of cocaine was seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp last year.
Gangs in Latin America and Asia are now smuggling herbal intoxicants into Europe on a large scale and extracting synthetic drugs such as crystal meth from European laboratories. The Easter bunnies are not the only religiously tinted camouflage. Portraits of Jesus are also piled up in the customs office. Their frames were stuffed with drugs.
Source: Krone
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