Summary Products seized included about 1,000 kilograms of MDMA and 18.5 tons of Ecstasy precursor safrole.
BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian prosecutor s office says a three-nation investigation has led to one of the biggest seizures of synthetic drugs in Europe, a haul of core products to create Ecstasy pills with a street value of 1.3 billion euros ($1.75 billion).
The prosecutor s office said Friday that after 30 raids in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland, 11 people were under arrest charged with possession, production and trading in drugs as part of a criminal gang. Most of the products were discovered in a Brussels suburban garage and a farm in southern Belgium.
Spokewoman Wenke Roggen said it was the biggest such bust ever in Belgium and one of the largest in Europe.
