Europol leads the largest-ever synthetic drug crackdown, dismantling 24 industrial labs, seizing 1,000 tonnes of chemical precursors, and arresting 85+ suspects, striking a huge blow to organised crime

Conducted under Operation Fabryka, the crackdown led to the seizure of around 1,000 tonnes of chemical precursors—enough to make an estimated 300 tonnes of finished drugs—and the arrest of over 85 suspects across Poland, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and the Czech Republic, delivering a major blow to organised crime and disrupting the production, supply, and illegal profits of the synthetic drug trade in Europe…