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Dutch drug kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, aka “Bolle Jos,” just got a 14-year sentence in Belgium for orchestrating a massive cocaine smuggling ring that moved 25 tons of cocaine—worth €3.5 billion—through Antwerp’s port. Prosecutors sought over 450 years for all involved, but the judge handed down 247 years collectively for the convicted, plus confiscation of €68 million. Leijdekkers, now hiding in Sierra Leone, faces a €200,000 reward for his capture and remains on Europol’s most wanted list. He’s already racked up 24 years in the Netherlands for drug trafficking and murder plotting, with Belgian courts adding nearly 80 years in absentia. With 30 days to appeal, this case underscores the global scale of his operation—and the justice system’s relentless pursuit.

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