Police smash European synthetic drug ring in 'largest-ever' op

Authorities dismantled 24 industrial-scale labs and seized around 1,000 tonnes of chemicals used to make street drugs such as MDMA, amphetamine and meth. "I've been in this business for a while. This is by far the largest-ever operation we did against synthetic drug production and distribution," Andy Kraag, head of Europol's European Serious Organised Crime Centre, told AFP in an interview. "I think this is genuinely a massive blow to organised crime groups involved in drug trafficking, specifically of synthetic drugs," added Kraag.