Customs seize so much cocaine in Belgium that incinerators can no longer keep up

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Customs seize so much cocaine in Belgium that incinerators can no longer keep upSo much cocaine is being seized by customs in Belgium, particularly at the port of Antwerp that the country’s incinerators are no longer able to keep up.Seized cocaine is monitoredThe Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne (Flemish liberal) told VRT News that drugs that are seized are closely monitored “The storage of the batches of cocaine seized is the responsibility of the customs service.Moreover, you cannot burn these batches in bulk, in one go, in large quantities as this would cause issues with the filters at the incineration plant.""We have also held talks with the Mayor of Antwerp and with my colleague Zuhal Demir (The Flemish Environment Minister, nationalist) who is responsible for incinerators, to see if we can find additional capacity.Ms Demir’s office says that it was only informed about the problem on Thursday and that it immediately called in the Flemish Public Waste Agency OVAM."

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