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Dutch authorities seized 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Colombia at the port of Vlissingen on Aug. 8, 2025.
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Customs seized nearly 24,500 kg of cocaine last year; Sharp rise in illegal tobacco
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Dutch authorities have arrested four suspects in Lochem after uncovering 365 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of household goods from Curaçao. April 2026.
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365 kilos of cocaine in household shipment from Curaçao leads to four arrests in Lochem
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Dutch customs display a pallet of 400 kilograms of cocaine seized from a shipment of bananas at the port of Vlissingen on March 6, 2026
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Dutch customs seize 400 kilos of cocaine hidden in bananas from Ecuador
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People waiting for VAT refunds at the Global Blue checkpoint from Douane, the Dutch Customs office, in Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
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Schiphol customs to check all arriving passengers until 1:30 p.m. in pay protest
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Customs seize 3,200 kilograms of THC-laced wine gums and honey at Schiphol. January 2026
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Customs seize 3,200 kilograms of THC-laced wine gums and honey at Schiphol
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Dutch authorities seized 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Colombia at the port of Vlissingen on Aug. 8, 2025.
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Amsterdam man arrested after 1,200 kg of cocaine found in Colombia banana shipment
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Dutch Customs seize 1,102 kilograms of cocaine during routine inspection at Vlissingen port, June 4, 2025
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Dutch Customs seize 1,102 kilos of cocaine hidden in fruit shipment at Vlissingen port
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A Douane worker looking over documents at a Customs station in Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
Business
Dutch Customs overwhelmed as U.S.-EU trade war escalates
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Heroin consignments found of drug control employees
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Double the number of drug packages found in mail this year
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530 kilos of cocaine found in container from Guyana in port of Rotterdam November 25, 2021
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"There's much we don't know," public prosecutor says about drug trade network
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4,178 kilos of cocaine stashed in soja beans intercepted in Rotterdam
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Authorities discover more than 4,000 kilos of cocaine in 2021's largest drug bust
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115 kilos of coaine found in anchor box in port of Rotterdam
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Customs officials discover 635 kilos of cocaine within two days in Rotterdam port
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78 million euros worth of cocaine found in Port of Rotterdam on October 2, 2021
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€78 million in cocaine found at the Rotterdam port; Nine arrested in separate smuggling case
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Sea containers stacked on top of each other in the Maasvlakte harbor in the port of Rotterdam
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Drug traffickers resort to training own children to work at port
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More fake goods in circulation since start of coronavirus crisis
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Cocaine found in sea locker underneath ship
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Diving team finds 220 kilograms of cocaine underneath ship
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800 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam in a banana shipment from Ecuador, 16 Oct 2019
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Cocaine seizures at the Port of Rotterdam skyrocket, already surpassing 2018 figures
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Bananas
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€6M coke found in banana shipment