21 Sept 2026EventMedia Unverified
Daytime alcohol and drug controls yield good results in Kortrijk and Kuurne
Kortrijk en Kuurneunknown
Region dossier
Westhoek
Farm sheds as laboratories
The rural corner of West Flanders between Ieper, Diksmuide and the French border. Empty farm buildings, thin policing and a short hop to Lille and Dunkirk have turned the Westhoek into lab country — amphetamine and crystal cooks, dumped chemical waste, and a hard local flakka problem.
Incidents
20
Intercepted
787 kg
Street value
€ 3.9 m
Arrests
66
Labs dismantled
6
Map
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Split per drug
by intercepted weightMonthly volume
kg per drug typePer year
intercepted weightHotspots
top locations- Houthulst784 kg3×
- Kortrijk3 kg6×
- Roeselare0 kg3×
- Kortrijk en Kuurne0 kg1×
- Watou (Poperinge)0 kg1×
- Poperinge, Belgium0 kg1×
- Westvleteren, Belgium0 kg1×
- Westvleteren (Vleteren)0 kg1×
Case log
20 incidents31 Aug 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Six youths convicted for drug trafficking from Roeselare apartment
Roeselareunknown 6
23 Aug 2026ArrestMedia Unverified
25 people forced to leave Kamping Kitsch due to inappropriate behavior, 18 festivalgoers caught with drugs
Kortrijkunknown 18
23 Aug 2026ArrestMedia Unverified
Police remove 25 people from Kamping Kitsch Club in Kortrijk, 18 caught with drugs
Kortrijkunknown 18
12 Aug 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Seven youths on trial for drug trafficking from apartment in central Roeselare
Roeselareunknown 7
03 Aug 2026LabMedia Verified
Lab equipment seized at Watou farm, resident (59) arrested
Watou (Poperinge)synthetic 1
03 Aug 2026LabMedia Unverified
Synthetic drug lab equipment found at farm in Poperinge: 59-year-old resident arrested
Poperinge, Belgiumsynthetic 1
30 Jun 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Kortrijk drug suspect released due to failed prison transport
Kortrijkunknown
24 Jun 2026SeizureMedia Unverified
Drug network run from Kortrijk restaurant dismantled
Kortrijkmixed
24 Jun 2026ArrestMedia Unverified
Drug network in Kortrijk region dismantled after major police operation
Kortrijkmixed
23 Jun 2026LabMedia Unverified
Drug lab discovered in farm shed near Saint Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren
Westvleteren, Belgiumsynthetic
18 Jun 2026LabMedia Verified
Drug lab found in farmhouse near Sixtus abbey, Westvleteren
Westvleteren (Vleteren)synthetic
15 Jun 2026Court caseMedia Unverified
Ypres court sentences trio for first synthetic drug lab in West Flanders
Iepersynthetic 3
15 Jun 2026LabMedia Verified
692 kg of clefedrone at a farm in Houthulst
Houthulstsynthetic692 kg€ 1.3 m
15 Jun 2026Court caseOfficial Verified
Clefedrone/CMC lab dismantled in Houthulst — 92 kg, three jailed
Houthulstsynthetic92 kg€ 1.3 m 3
28 May 2026SeizureMedia Verified
Drug network run through Kortrijk restaurant — four arrests
Kortrijkmixed3 kg 4
27 May 2026Court caseMedia Verified
Three flakka addicts face Kortrijk court
Ledegem / Roeselare / Moorsledesynthetic 3
20 May 2026LabMedia Unverified
Farm with 'cherries and pigs' in Houthulst turns out to be synthetic drug lab worth 1.3 million euros
Houthulstsynthetic€ 1.3 m
02 Apr 2026ArrestMedia Verified
Flakka user (28) terrorises Diksmuide neighbourhood
Diksmuidesynthetic 1
31 Mar 2026Court caseMedia Verified
Roeselare flakka dealer (42) with 25 convictions jailed
Roeselaresynthetic 1