Police break up Schiphol airport drug smuggling ring

At least 20 people have been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport as part of a six-month investigation into a drug smuggling ring.


A number of the people arrested work in the baggage handling department, Nos television said. Some 70 kilos of cocaine, guns and a large quantity of cash were also seized during the operation.

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