Cocaine trafficking in Dinant: eleven convictions and two arrest warrants
The criminal court in Dinant tried thirteen defendants involved in a cocaine sales network active between 2020 and 2022. Eleven people were convicted, two of them in absentia with immediate arrest warrants.
Cocaine trafficking in Dinant: eleven convictions and two arrest warrants
On 8 September 2022, a search at the home of a Dinant couple uncovered a white powder trade. On Thursday 25 June, the local criminal court ruled on the case, imposing sentences on eleven of the thirteen defendants, according to DHnet.
The main organiser received five years imprisonment with a suspended sentence, plus a fine of 20,000 euros. The judges also ordered the seizure of 40,000 euros and the confiscation of his car. He was however cleared of the charge of money laundering, as were his parents. The couple whose home had been searched received four years and forty months with a suspended sentence, each having to pay 20,000 euros and undergo a seizure of 40,000 euros.
Five other individuals received three years with a suspended sentence, and a sixth forty months with a suspended sentence. Two defendants absent from the hearing received three years of custodial imprisonment, with orders for immediate apprehension.
The operation is believed to have generated tens of thousands of euros. The leader quickly spent the money, notably on gambling.
Source: DHnet