Major marijuana find in Amsterdam port

Customs official in Amsterdam have found 19,000 kgs of ready-to-use marijuana on a shop in the city’s harbour, news agency ANP reports on Friday.


The drugs have a street value of €60m, the agency says. Five people have been arrested. The drugs were found by sniffer dogs hidden in a consignment of nuts. It is the biggest drugs seizure in the Netherlands this century, police said.

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