On February 26, 2025, Customs discovered three containers in the Rotterdam Port during a check, which contained a large amount of cocaine. The containers arrived in Rotterdam on February 26 by sea from Brazil.
The containers were loaded with refrigerated barrels of fruit juice and were to be stored at a company in Klundert. This company appears to have nothing to do with smuggling. Several dozen barrels were discovered among the containers that did not contain fruit juice, but cocaine dissolved in liquid. Extensive laboratory research has shown that an attempt was made to smuggle 2950 kilos of cocaine in this way.
HARC team
The HARC team, a collaboration of Customs, FIOD, Port Police, and the Public Prosecution Service in Rotterdam, is investigating the case. The drugs have since been destroyed.