Coke traffic 2019 in Antwerp up +25% to 61.8 tonnes

61,806 kilos of cocaine were intercepted by customs at the port of Antwerp in 2019, including 15,895 kilos from Brazil, 10,590 from Ecuador and 10,498 from Colombia. Even more was stopped in the countries of origin and the US: 70,136 kilos in total, including 26.7 tonnes in Brazil and 15.6 tonnes in the US. In Antwerp, customs also intercepted 1,878 kilos of heroin (58% less than last year), 504 kilos of marijuana (97% less than last year) and 1,129 kilos of other drugs, including amphetamines. A total of 41,080 containers were scanned. Since 2014, the number of cocaine seizures in Antwerp has increased by a factor of 6.6: from around 8 tonnes in 2014 to the current 61.8 tonnes. Last year, customs in Antwerp clocked up 50.1 tonnes.