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image of packages of cocaine found hidden within a shipment of magnets at a company in Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, January 27, 2026.
Crime
Industrial magnets used to hide 4,830 kg of cocaine; Among largest Dutch drug busts ever
28 January 2026 - 12:00
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The Rotterdam Port and the Nieuwe Maas (in 2018)
Crime
Significant decrease in intercepted drug shipments at the Port of Rotterdam in 2024
23 January 2025 - 16:10
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View from the Botlek at the port of Rotterdam, 27 January 2024
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Customs find eight drug shipments in a week at the Port of Rotterdam
10 January 2025 - 20:20
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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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Over 600 kilograms of cocaine found in avocado shipment at Rotterdam port
17 August 2024 - 19:10
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Nearly 1,200 kilograms of cocaine found in a container full of bananas at the Rotterdam port. 21 December 2023
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Over 1,700 kilograms of cocaine found in banana and jelly shipments
22 December 2023 - 09:33
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Some 458 kg of cocaine found at the Rotterdam port was sent from Curaçao; 29 June 2023
Crime
Another €54 million in cocaine seized at Rotterdam port; Shipments from Curaçao, Dominican Republic
30 June 2023 - 17:33
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Police officers
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Five arrests after drug discovery in Rotterdam Waalhaven
7 May 2023 - 16:20
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2,814 kilograms of cocaine found in a squid shipment from Ecuador at the port of Rotterdam, November 2022
Crime
Many Rotterdam explosions linked to port drug seizures, mayor says
17 March 2023 - 15:25
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2,814 kilograms of cocaine found in a squid shipment from Ecuador at the port of Rotterdam, November 2022
Crime
Over €210 million in cocaine intercepted at Rotterdam port
9 November 2022 - 19:30
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450 kilograms of cocaine intercepted at the port of Rotterdam in a shipment of canned asparagus from Peru, 20 September 2020
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Over 1,500 kilos of cocaine intercepted at Rotterdam port
21 September 2022 - 11:30
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An estimated 1,533 kilograms of cocaine worth over €115 million was seized on 30 Aug. 2022
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Three cocaine shipments worth €180 mil. intercepted at Rotterdam port
31 August 2022 - 17:40
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530 kilos of cocaine found in container from Guyana in port of Rotterdam November 25, 2021
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Over €5 billion in cocaine seized at Rotterdam port last year
10 January 2022 - 09:17
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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
3 October 2021 - 14:55
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A large shipment of cocaine hidden in a delivery of cocoa powder. 30 Sept. 2021
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Another 100 million euro cocaine bust made at the Rotterdam port
30 September 2021 - 15:19
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Millions of euros worth of cocaine found in a shipment of sweet potatoes in Rotterdam. July 23, 2021
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Over €130 million in cocaine found in Costa Rica sweet potato shipment
25 July 2021 - 16:40
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Cocaine
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Up to €16M in cocaine found in shrimp, wine shipments
3 September 2020 - 15:20
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Duffel bags filled with 212 kilograms of cocaine in a shipment of printer ink from Brazil. July 25, 2020
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€18m in cocaine found in Brazilian orange, printer ink shipments
26 July 2020 - 15:30
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151 million euros in cocaine found in a banana shipment from Ecuador
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€151 million in cocaine found in banana shipment destined for Hungary
7 June 2020 - 13:40
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374 kilograms of cocaine discovered in a shipment of bananas from Ecuador on May 31, 2020
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28 million euros of cocaine found in banana shipment
4 June 2020 - 19:20
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Cocaine found at the Port of Rotterdam in an empty sea container
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550 kilos of cocaine at Rotterdam port leads to nine arrests
23 May 2020 - 08:21
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Police speedboat
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Cocaine worth €1.8 million found on ship in Amsterdam
4 March 2020 - 16:30
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1,000 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam in a banana shipment from Ecuador, 7 February 2020
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Some 1,000 kilos cocaine found in Rotterdam banana shipment
12 February 2020 - 17:00
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Cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam, hidden in 40 barrels of frozen fruit pulp from Brazil, 23 December 2019
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Cocaine found hidden in 40 barrels of fruit pulp at Rotterdam port
26 December 2019 - 12:30
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239 kilos of cannabis found underneath a ship in Rotterdam's Maasvlakte, 11 November 2018
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Nearly 240 kilos of marijuana found under ship in Rotterdam
15 November 2018 - 11:20
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