Customs officers quit after robbery by drug gang with machete: “Sometimes customs officers are even followed when they drive home”

The violent robbery by a drug gang at the Left Bank border inspection post in the port of Antwerp resonates with customs officers. “Not if there will be casualties, but when? That question keeps us busy,” says chairman and customs officer Bart Torrekens of the independent trade union NUOD. Nerves are particularly tense among the armed customs units.

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