A massive laboratory producing synthetic drugs at industrial scale has been dismantled in a coordinated operation involving the Federal Judicial Police of Limburg, the Belgian Lab Dismantling Team and the Forensic Lab Specialists, supported by Europol.
The action day took place on 22 April in Bree (Belgium) and led to the arrest of 3 suspects.
The lab was located in a mansion in a remote area. Two Dutch nationals identified as chemists were responsible for the drug production, while one Belgian national facilitated the production process.
Investigators believe the lab had been operating for more than a year and that it had the capacity to produce hundreds of kilos of amphetamine and methamphetamine every month.
On the action day, two Europol experts supported national authorities in the field, both members of Europol’s Drug Lab Dismantling Team.
The ELDT is a unique service deployed upon request to assist national specialists and provide on-site technical assistance, chemical detection and operation support. It is equipped with state-of-the-art detection tools and staffed by experts in chemical identification and lab safety.
