Hidden Drugs Lab Found In Belgian NATO Base Housing Nuclear Weapons

Two people have been detained in connection with the discovery of a lab producing the illicit drug ecstasy (MDMA) on a Belgian NATO installation that holds nuclear weapons, according to prosecutors.

The two people who were arrested were not workers at the NATO military base, according to a spokesman for the Limburg prosecutor's office in Belgium, and they were freed after being interrogated.

According to the prosecutor's office, "On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the local police of the Kempen discovered a synthetic drugs laboratory, located on the military domain (NATO) in Peer," French publication Le Figaro writes.

The drug lab "was dismantled by the specialized services of the Federal Police, in collaboration with the National Institute of Criminology (NICC) and the Civil Protection," the prosecutor's office noted.

Le Figaro claims that the base is situated in a region that is well-liked by drug traffickers because it is situated between Antwerp and the German Ruhr regio...

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