Europe's biggest synthetic-drug crackdown nets 1,000 tonnes of chemicals, 24 labs shut
European police say they dismantled 24 labs and seized around 1,000 tonnes of chemicals used to make MDMA, amphetamine and meth in what Europol calls the largest-ever operation against synthetic drug production; the year-long crackdown across Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain led to 85+ arrests, with investigations tracing reagents to China and India and highlighting the environmental threat from toxic waste.