One of the biggest drug trials in recent years is starting today (10 March) in the court of Tongeren, Limburg. Dozens of defendants, including some notorious figures, are on trial for importing at least 25 tonnes of South American cocaine into Belgium.
A major drug trial is starting in Belgium today: the ‘Costa’ investigation, in which 55 defendants and several companies will be questioned. The defendants include Willy Van Mechelen, a former officer of the state police (gendarmerie in French and rijkswacht in Dutch) and drug lord ‘Bolle’ Jos Leijdekkers (Dutch for ‘tubby Jos’), who is the most wanted person in the Netherlands.
