Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says
Cocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021. Photograph: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021. You don’t know exactly when the boat will arrive.
- ▪Cocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021.
- ▪Photograph: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021.
- ▪You don’t know exactly when the boat will arrive.
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Cocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021. Photograph: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCocaine weighing approximately 200kg at the federal police East Flanders station in Dendermonde in June 2021. Photograph: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesAirbnbGangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official saysFlexible short-term bookings used to store and pack drugs and stash weapons and cash, says Ine Van WymerschJennifer Rankin in Brussels Tue 11 Aug 2026 03.47 EDTLast modified on Tue 11 Aug 2026 03.48 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAirbnb-type short-term rentals are being used as stash houses by criminal gangs, as booming e-commerce aids organised crime…
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