Overview
- Coordinated raids across Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain dismantled 24 industrial-scale labs.
- Authorities seized about 1,000 tonnes of chemical precursors and more than 9.3 tonnes of finished narcotics.
- Polish prosecutors reported over 100 arrests, including two suspected ringleaders identified as Polish nationals.
- Poland served as the logistical hub for a supply chain that redistributed the chemicals to labs across the European Union.
- Europol framed the action as a supply-chain choke strategy, with investigators also seizing over 120,000 liters of toxic waste and pursuing additional targets.