News - Largest shipment of methamphetamine in Netherlands history seized in country

Customs officials of the Netherlands have seized a shipment of methamphetamine weighing 3.2 tons and worth more than 22 million euros, which is considered the largest in the history of the country, according to the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) . Dutch customs officers had found a shipment of the drug in the port of Rotterdam in early March, among a shipment from Mexico destined for a company based in the southern village of Den Hout. "The fact that all of this is only being announced now is because the shipment is hidden in sandy soil that has been found to be heavily contaminated with copper and PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances used to create stain-resistant and water-resistant materials),” reads the NPPS statement. In this regard, customs officers had been looking for ways to destroy these drug shipments for a long time, and it was done last week. Also, the law enforcement arrested and released a 55-year-old Den Hout man who remains the prime suspect in the methamphetamine-trafficking investigation. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warns that methamphetamine, the world's most widely used synthetic stimulant drug, is highly addictive and one of the biggest risks to global health.