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The boat looked like any other Dutch barge, sitting idly in the port of Moerdijk in West Brabant, southern Holland.
But last May, during a routine search of the vessel, police found it contained a large floating crystal meth lab, and seized methamphetamine oil with a street value of more than €4.5m ($4.86m). As night fell, triggered by what police think was a remote controlled booby-trap, the boat began to take on water and sink.
Stranger still, alongside the ship’s 65-year-old captain, from nearby Breda, police arrested three Mexican nationals, suspected cartel operatives, who in March were each jailed for four years.
A VICE investigation into this mysterious incident has revealed a new and rapidly evolving Dutch meth trade and evidence of collusion between Mexican and Dutch organized crime groups to produce and traffic high quality meth to Asia and Australasia.
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azzvj/dutch-and-mexican-gangs-are-teaming-up-to-sell-high-end-meth-to-asia
But last May, during a routine search of the vessel, police found it contained a large floating crystal meth lab, and seized methamphetamine oil with a street value of more than €4.5m ($4.86m). As night fell, triggered by what police think was a remote controlled booby-trap, the boat began to take on water and sink.
Stranger still, alongside the ship’s 65-year-old captain, from nearby Breda, police arrested three Mexican nationals, suspected cartel operatives, who in March were each jailed for four years.
A VICE investigation into this mysterious incident has revealed a new and rapidly evolving Dutch meth trade and evidence of collusion between Mexican and Dutch organized crime groups to produce and traffic high quality meth to Asia and Australasia.
Cont'd:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azzvj/dutch-and-mexican-gangs-are-teaming-up-to-sell-high-end-meth-to-asia
