03 Aug 2026Labverified
Lab equipment seized at Watou farm, resident (59) arrested
Watou (Poperinge)synthetic 1
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
8
Intercepted
787 kg
Street value
€ 2.6 m
Arrests
13
Labs dismantled
3
Map
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Split per drug
by intercepted weightMonthly volume
kg per drug typePer year
intercepted weightHotspots
top locations- Houthulst784 kg2×
- Kortrijk3 kg1×
- Watou (Poperinge)0 kg1×
- Westvleteren (Vleteren)0 kg1×
- Ledegem / Roeselare / Moorslede0 kg1×
- Diksmuide0 kg1×
- Roeselare0 kg1×
Case log
8 incidents18 Jun 2026Labverified
Drug lab found in farmhouse near Sixtus abbey, Westvleteren
Westvleteren (Vleteren)synthetic
15 Jun 2026Labverified
692 kg of clefedrone at a farm in Houthulst
Houthulstsynthetic692 kg€ 1.3 m
15 Jun 2026Court caseverified
Clefedrone/CMC lab dismantled in Houthulst — 92 kg, three jailed
Houthulstsynthetic92 kg€ 1.3 m 3
28 May 2026Seizureverified
Drug network run through Kortrijk restaurant — four arrests
Kortrijkmixed3 kg 4
27 May 2026Court caseverified
Three flakka addicts face Kortrijk court
Ledegem / Roeselare / Moorsledesynthetic 3
02 Apr 2026Arrestverified
Flakka user (28) terrorises Diksmuide neighbourhood
Diksmuidesynthetic 1
31 Mar 2026Court caseverified
Roeselare flakka dealer (42) with 25 convictions jailed
Roeselaresynthetic 1