30 Sept 2026EventMedia Unverified
The Hague residents smell XTC scent to detect drug labs themselves: 'It smells like liquorice!'
Den Haagmdma
Region dossier
Cross-border
Netherlands & France spillover
Belgian narco traffic does not stop at the border. Dutch labs supply the precursors and the cooks, Rotterdam competes with Antwerp for container volume, and northern France absorbs the overflow. These are the foreign cases that directly shape the Belgian picture.
Incidents
24
Intercepted
7.8 t
Street value
€ 20.5 m
Arrests
18
Labs dismantled
11
Map
Cross-borderLoading map…
Split per drug
by intercepted weightMonthly volume
kg per drug typePer year
intercepted weightHotspots
top locations- Rotterdam, Netherlands4 t2×
- Le Havre, France2.5 t1×
- Pyrénées-Orientales, France930 kg1×
- Almere, Netherlands350 kg1×
- Enschede, Netherlands0 kg2×
- Den Haag, Netherlands0 kg2×
- Den Haag0 kg1×
- Nissewaard, Netherlands0 kg1×
Case log
24 incidents05 Sept 2026SeizureMedia Verified
930 kg of cocaine intercepted in convoy from Spain
Pyrénées-Orientales, Francecocaine930 kg 1
25 Aug 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
One year in prison for involvement in drug production
Nissewaard, Netherlandssynthetic 1
25 Aug 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
One year in prison for involvement in drug production
Hellevoetsluis, Netherlandsunknown 1
23 Aug 2026LabMedia Unverified
Raid on Hoogstraat in Tholen in drug lab investigation
Tholen, Netherlandssynthetic
18 Aug 2026LabMedia Unverified
Drug lab dismantled in middle of Enschede residential area
Enschede, Netherlandssynthetic
18 Aug 2026LabMedia Unverified
Drug lab dismantled in residential neighborhood in Enschede: Police in gas masks launch raid
Enschede, Netherlandssynthetic
14 Aug 2026ArrestMedia Unverified
Man from Wassenaar arrested for drug importation
Wassenaar, Netherlandsunknown 1
19 Jul 2026LabMedia Unverified
Residents near drug lab in The Hague allowed to return home
Den Haag, Netherlandsunknown
18 Jul 2026LabOfficial Unverified3 reports
Four suspects arrested after discovery of drug lab in The Hague
Den Haag, Netherlandssynthetic 4
09 Jul 2026SeizureOfficial Unverified
Dutch Customs finds thousands of kilos of cocaine in wood shipment
Nederlandcocaine
08 Jul 2026SeizureMega seizureMedia Unverified2 reports
Customs intercept 4,000 kg of cocaine in wood container at Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlandscocaine4 t
03 Jul 2026SeizureMedia Unverified
350 kg of cocaine discovered in scrap metal batch, Almere resident arrested
Almere, Netherlandscocaine350 kg 1
03 Jul 2026ArrestOfficial Unverified
Two suspects arrested in Rotterdam for cocaine transport
Rotterdam, Netherlandscocaine 2
30 Jun 2026SeizureMega seizureOfficial Verified
More than 2.5 tonnes of hashish sealed in metal caissons at Le Havre
Le Havre, Francehashish2.5 t€ 20.5 m
25 Jun 2026LabMedia Unverified
Drug lab discovered on Goringbos in Gees
Gees, Netherlandssynthetic
08 Jun 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Prison sentences handed down after mega drug lab dismantled in Alphen
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlandssynthetic
25 May 2026LabMedia Unverified
Drug lab fully operational when police raid shed in Babberich
Babberich, Netherlandssynthetic
14 May 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Prison sentences issued for involvement in Froombosch drug lab
Froombosch, Netherlandsunknown
13 May 2026LabMedia Unverified
Amphetamine lab busted in Sliedrecht, two suspects arrested
Sliedrecht, Netherlandssynthetic 2
17 Apr 2026LabMedia Unverified
Multiple drug labs dismantled and four arrested in Brabant police operation
North Brabant, Netherlandsunknown 4
27 Mar 2026SeizureMedia Unverified
Strange odor at farm: drug lab equipment seized
Limburg, Netherlandssynthetic
20 Mar 2026LabMedia Unverified
Large drug lab busted in Heerhugowaard, man arrested
Heerhugowaard, Netherlandssynthetic 1
25 Feb 2026LabMedia Unverified
Frisian police dismantle third drug lab in five days
Friesland, Netherlandssynthetic