A laboratory for the production of ecstasy pills was found at a Belgian military base known to be part of the nuclear arsenal at the disposal of NATO, a judicial source learned on Tuesday.
Two people were arrested at the sceneThey are not defense personnelA representative of the prosecutor’s office of the Belgian province of Limburg (north) told AFP. After being interrogated by investigators, they were released, according to the prosecution, which did not specify whether there were any charges. “On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, local police in Kempen discovered a synthetic drug laboratory located on the Piri Military Estate (NATO).“and”used to make MDMA(or ecstasy), the prosecution said in a statement. The lab, the statement said, “was dismantled by the specialized services of the Federal Police in conjunction with the National Institute of Criminology (NICC) and Civil Defence.“. It seems “neighboring houseIt is emphasized that he is involved in the creation of this secret laboratory. If the topic is very rarely mentioned by the Belgian defense or the executive, this military domain, in Klein-Brogel in the municipality of Pierre, is known in the country as a host of American nuclear weapons within the framework of the NATO defense system, along with other bases in Europe.
Back in the late 1980s, the Belgian minister recognized the presence of nuclear weapons at the Klein-Brogel base, where the contingent of the American army operates. However, no details were ever given about their number. The area around the Belgian base is regularly the scene of protests by pacifists and environmentalists who decry this lack of transparency. In 2019, Belgian MP Samuel Kogolati (Ekolo) estimated that “from 10 to 20“Nuclear warheads have been stored in this base under American control. Furthermore, the province of Limburg, which borders the Netherlands, midway between the port of Antwerp and the German Ruhr, is a largely rural area known by traffickers for nesting storage warehouses or clandestine drug development laboratories.
Source: Le Figaro
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