Is Rotterdam Europe's Narco Port? > Three large cocaine busts; Dutchman arrested in Germany with two suitcases full of drugs

 

At least 13 arrested in two cocaine busts at Rotterdam port

At least 13 suspects have been arrested for two separate cocaine transports through the Port of Rotterdam. A total of 600 kilos of cocaine came with the two shipments, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) has said.

The first shipment was discovered on July 2. Customs officers found 220 kilograms of cocaine in a container of bananas from Peru. After the drugs were intercepted, the container was transported to Belgium. On July 24, the shipment was then brought to a warehouse in Zeewolde. There, men from Diemen, Lelystad, Amsterdam, Zwolle, and Purmerend, aged between 26 and 63, were arrested. Two firearms were found in their vehicles, including an automatic weapon.

The next shipment was found on July 11. Customs officers discovered 380 kilos of cocaine in two containers of logs from Brazil. One of these containers was taken to Breda a week later.

During the unloading, men aged between 27 and 44 from Schiedam, Vlaardingen, and Dordrecht were arrested, as well as a suspect with no fixed address.

The OM also reported that this Tuesday, another 54 kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in the structure of a container from Ecuador. As far as is known, no arrests have been made in connection with that case. The container of bananas was en route to a company in Poland, but according to the prosecution, that company has no ties to the drug smuggling.

Dutchman caught with suitcases filled with ecstasy, ketamine on train to Berlin

The German police arrested a 42-year-old Dutchman on a train from Amsterdam to Berlin for drug trafficking. He had two suitcases filled with €440,000 worth of ecstasy pills and ketamine with him, the German customs reported on Tuesday.

The arrest happened on July 14. Customs officers checked the man at Bad Bentheim, the first German stop on the international train from Amsterdam to Berlin.

According to the German authorities, the man denied having drugs with him and said that the two suitcases had been given to him. He also claimed not to know the suitcases’ lock code, but opened them when pressed.

Once opened, the suitcases proved to be filled to the brim with drugs - 30 kilograms of ecstasy pills and 5 kilograms of ketamine. The drugs have an estimated street value of €440,000.

The German authorities seized the drugs and arrested the Dutchman. The investigation is ongoing.

The Islamization of Europe > Taliban jihadis airlifted to UK; A Norwegian guard named Mohammed at US Embassy - What could possibly go wrong? UK cleric calls for extermination of everyone except Muslims

 

UK: Taliban jihadis have been brought to the country on secret airlift flights

Jul 28, 2025 11:00 am By Robert Spencer11 Comments

“Several individuals on list had also previously had their applications rejected for violent or sexual assaults.”

Those guys will fit right in when they get to shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain.

Taliban fighters ‘have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights’ after Afghanistan data breach revealed by the Mail

by Sophie Carlin, Daily Mail, July 27, 2025:

Taliban fighters have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights after the Afghanistan data breach which was revealed by the Mail.

This newspaper revealed earlier this month a British military official catastrophically wrongly shared a database of 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in the UK.

The scheme was set up for those who worked with British forces to flee the murderous Taliban – so the disastrous leak amounted to giving a ‘kill list’ to the vengeful jihadist warlords.

The breach was discovered by the Mail in August 2023 – and so far, 18,500 of the Afghans it imperilled have been flown to Britain or are on their way in taxpayer-funded jets, under a covert airlift, codenamed Operation Rubific.

A total of 23,900 are earmarked for arrival. They are living in MOD homes or hotels until permanent homes are found.

Tens of thousands of others will be left behind in Afghanistan and will have to fend for themselves against vengeful Taliban warlords.

But now, former Taliban fighters themselves have reportedly been brought to this country under the airlift scheme, The Telegraph reports.

Sex offenders, corrupt officials and individuals put in prison under Afghanistan’s US-led coalition are also among those accepted for resettlement in the UK.

It is because they were on the leaked list of names of Afghans who had applied to come to the UK.

Several individuals on list had also previously had their applications rejected for violent or sexual assaults….

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What could possibly go wrong?

US Embassy in Norway Hired Guard Named Mohammed

Jul 28, 2025 12:00 pm By Daniel Greenfield14 Comments

You’ll never guess what happened next.

It’s one thing to hire a guard named Mohammed when the embassy is in Baghdad or Cairo, but in Norway? Still apparently the US embassy decided that their best option for security in Norway was a guy named Mohammed.

Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Charged With Spying for Russia and Iran

Mohamed Orahhou, a Norwegian, who was arrested in November, collected and leaked sensitive information about the employees of Norway’s intelligence services and the U.S. Embassy between March and November of last year, according to an indictment by the National Authority for Prosecution of Organized and Other Serious Crime. In exchange for his spying, Mr. Orahhou was paid in cash and bitcoin from Russian and Iranian authorities, the indictment said.

A “Norwegian” indeed. There has been no one in Norway’s history quite as Norwegian as this Moroccan gentleman in whose hands the security of the United States and Norway resided.

At least when the State Department hired a Muslim Brotherhood terror militia to provide security in Benghazi, the options were a bit limited. In Norway however, there was not a single Sven or Bjorn available. It was Mohammed or nothing.

UK: Muslim migrant cleric calls for extermination of Druze ‘infidels, atheists, heretics’

Jul 28, 2025 9:00 am By Robert Spencer16 Comments

Not to worry. The British authorities are on the job. They let Mohamad Uklah in, but they steadfastly keep out all foreign foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women. Shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain is in its last years as a free society, and is dying by its own hand, killed by its own globalist, leftist leaders who have systematically set out to destroy it, and are succeeding.

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Cannabis > The abuse of medical cannabis in Australia

 

‘Profits over patient safety’: Doctors face medicinal cannabis crackdown

Patients in emergency departments with cannabis-induced psychosis, consults lasting less than a minute and doctors who have issued more than 10,000 scripts in six months are among the cases that have prompted Australia’s healthcare watchdog to announce clearer guidelines for the booming medicinal cannabis industry. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has released guidance for doctors prescribing medicinal cannabis products amid what it described as poor prescribing practice and surging patient demand.

The watchdog has been alarmed by the emergence of “vertically integrated” telehealth clinics, which both prescribe and dispense cannabis products and account for the vast majority of an estimated $500 million worth of sales each year. The regulator’s chief executive Jason Untersteiner said it would crack down on some practitioners with high rates of prescribing, including eight who had issued more than 10,000 scripts in six months, and one who has prescribed cannabis products more than 17,000 times. “Some business models that have emerged in this area rely on prescribing a single product or class of drug and use online questionnaires that coach patients to say ‘the right thing’ to justify prescribing medicinal cannabis,” Untersteiner said. “This raises the very real concern that some practitioners may be putting profits over patient safety.”

In Australia, GPs and qualified nurse practitioners can prescribe medicinal cannabis under a special access scheme set up after cannabis was legalised for medical use in 2016. Under the guidelines, GPs and nurses must only prescribe cannabis products after they have identified a therapeutic need, conducted a thorough assessment of their medical history and other medicines, and developed an exit strategy from the beginning.

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Economics - Trump Style > Trump ate von der Leyen for breakfast in biggest deal ever - Orban

 

Is there a big difference between Trump's trade deals and the old Mafia protection rackets - Pay me what I want and I won't destroy you!

‘Dark day’: French PM says EU’s Trump trade deal is a ‘submission’

By Uday Rana  Global News

Posted July 28, 2025 9:25 am

 Updated July 28, 2025 9:31 am

 2 min read

The European Union’s trade deal with the United States is “submission” to U.S. President Donald Trump and marks a “dark day” in the history of the bloc, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday.

Trump announced a trade deal between the U.S. and the EU on Sunday after meeting with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland.

Bayrou took to social media to criticize the deal, which would see an across the board 15 per cent tariff on most goods from Europe.

“Von der Leyen-Trump Agreement: it is a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, united to affirm their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission,” Bayrou posted in French on the social media platform X.

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The response from French government officials stands in contrast to some other European nations. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed the deal.

“We have been able to safeguard our core interests,” Merz said in a statement on Monday.

A 15% tariff is safeguarding? Someone please explain that to me.

Also, explain to me how weakening the economy of all your friends and trading partners doesn't come back to bite you. What goes around, comes around!

On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron has not reacted to the announcement of a trade deal, while other senior French officials have been cautious in their reactions.

“The trade agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the United States will bring temporary stability to economic actors threatened by the escalation of American tariffs, but it is unbalanced,” French deputy minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said in a statement on X.

“The current situation is not satisfactory and cannot be sustainable. The free trade that has brought shared prosperity to both sides of the Atlantic since the end of the Second World War is now rejected by the United States, which is choosing economic coercion and complete disregard for WTO rules,” Haddad added.

The private meeting between Trump and von der Leyen culminated months of bargaining, with the White House deadline Friday nearing for imposing punishing tariffs on the 27-member EU.

“It was a very interesting negotiation. I think it’s going to be great for both parties,” Trump said. The agreement, he said, was “a good deal for everybody” and “a giant deal with lots of countries.”

Von der Leyen said the deal “will bring stability, it will bring predictability that’s very important for our businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Trump said the EU had agreed to buy some $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and invest $600 billion more than it already is in America, as well as making a major purchase of military equipment.

“We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles and everything else will be a straight across tariff of 15 per cent,” Trump said. “We have a tariff of 15 per cent. We have the opening up of all of the European countries.”

Von der Leyen said the 15 per cent tariffs were “across the board, all inclusive” and that “indeed, basically the European market is open.”

Except, you are restricted to buying American LNG at twice the price of Russian gas. And you have been bullied or fooled into thinking you need trillions of dollars worth of American-made weapons systems. Orban is right, as usual.

— With files from Associated Press