And Suddenly a Hidden Passage Turns Out to Exist in the Center of Ostend: How a Drug Gang Lived It up for 2.5 Years, Until that One Fire.

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“They threatened to kidnap my children.” A drug gang was able to cultivate cannabis undisturbed for 2.5 years in a building in the center of the coastal city of Ostend, close to the Saint Peter and Paul Church and Vistrap. However, a major fire in an adjacent apartment building brought them to a halt. The gang members received prison sentences of up to three years, but one of the men is aiming for community service today in the Ghent Court of Ap…