US EditionThe youngest was 13 years old: now twice as many minors are getting drugs in the port of Antwerp as in the whole of 2024
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Since the beginning of 2025, some 30 minors in charge of recovering cocaine shipments have been arrested by Belgian law enforcement forces, twice as many as in the total of 2024. This phenomenon of drug "extractors" recruited by network leaders among vulnerable young people and often unaware of the penalties incurred ...
Brussels, Belgium, 12 May 2025 (AFP) – The Belgian police have arrested some 30 minors in the port of Antwerp since the beginning of 2025, who are responsible for recovering cocaine shipments, twice as many as in the total of 2024. This phenomenon of drug "extractors" recruited by network leaders among young people [...]
In the first months of this year, the police have already arrested 31 underage eviscerators in the port of Antwerp. Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) wants stricter sentences for criminals who let minors do their dirty work.
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