Belgian Court Delays Verdict in Major Morocco-Spain-Belgium Drug Trafficking Case

This postponement is essential according to the court, which indicated during its deliberation, the absence of certain exhibits relating to the Spanish part of the investigation. Elements that the court considers necessary, which has decided to reopen the debates, in order to allow the federal prosecutor’s office to remedy the problem.

To recall, the case dates back to 2018, when 14 suspects were arrested, suspected of transporting drugs from Morocco to Spain and then to Belgium, under cover, among other things, of a fictitious fruit and vegetable company, whose headquarters was declared in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

The first drug seizure on Belgian soil, as part of this investigation, took place in 2018. In total, drugs worth an estimated eight million euros were seized. The trial will resume on February 17.