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Ecstasy pills worth €1.3bn found in Europe's biggest drugs raid
Police in three countries have pulled off one of the biggest synthetic drug hauls Europe has seen, seizing 60 million ecstasy pills with a street value of €1.3 billion, Belgian prosecutors announced on Friday.
In what was described as "extraordinary" cover, the main laboratory operated from a quiet, isolated farm that also raised livestock and sold vegetables to unsuspecting locals.
During 30 raids in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland, 11 people were under arrest charged with possession, production and trading in drugs as part of a criminal gang, the prosecutor's office said.
"It is the biggest such bust ever in Belgium and one of the largest in Europe," said Wenke Roggen, spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor's office. "It is quite incredible."
The suspects were described as "very dangerous, armed and well-organised".
Products seized included around 1,000 kilograms of MDMA and 18.5 tons of ecstasy precursor safrole, Miss Roggen said.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/10263175/Ecstasy-pills-worth-1.3bn-found-in-Europes-biggest-drugs-raid.html
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