Belgian customs seized 21 tons of Canadian cannabis at the Port of Antwerp in 2025.
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Your World TonightOct 28, 2026
Multiple sources report that Belgian customs seized 21 tonnes of Canadian cannabis at the Port of Antwerp in 2025, matching the claim's figure and year. The claim's wording of 21 tons versus tonnes is the same unit, and the claim's omitted 'exceeding every other country' framing is not needed to grade it.
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… Sarah Van Cotten is with Belgian customs. The images she shows us look like X-rays, but for shipping containers arriving at the Port of Antwerp this year, with illicit cannabis hidden inside. But that is Canadian cannabis? Yes, that is. Belgian customs seized 21 tons of Canadian cannabis at the Port of Antwerp in 2025 alone, exceeding seizures from every other country in the world. Either you earn a lot of money, money, or you don't do it. Christian Van der Waren is the director general of Belgian customs. Why Canadian cannabis? …
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Supports. CBC News reports that Belgian customs officials said a record 21 tonnes of Canadian cannabis were seized at the port of Antwerp in 2025, exceeding illegal exports from every other country.[1]
Supports. Brussels Times and StratCann both report Belgian customs seizing 32 tonnes of cannabis in 2025, with 21 tonnes coming from Canada.[2][3]
Supports. BIRN, citing the European Union Drug Agency, reports around 21 tonnes of herbal cannabis seized in Antwerp in 2025, with the cargo mainly from Canada.[4]
Supports. Yahoo's report of Trudeau-related coverage also states that 21 tons of the 32 tons Belgian customs seized in 2025 arrived from Canada.[5]
Context. The Canada Border Services Agency reported seizing about 34 tonnes of export-bound cannabis in 2025, which concerns Canadian export seizures rather than Antwerp and does not contradict the claim.[6][7]
Context. Most supporting coverage is from unrated outlets and echoes the same Belgian customs figure, so independent confirmation rests mainly on the EUDA citation and the Belgian customs figures repeated across outlets.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- 1Record amounts of Canadian cannabis seized as smuggling to Europe soars | CBC Newscbc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Separating Policy and Panic: No Evidence Legal Canadian Cannabis is Turning Europe into a 'Narco State'stratcann.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Canada’s cannabis legalisation 'fuels surge in smuggling ...brusselstimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4BIRN: From Lazarat to Canada, how cannabis trafficking is ...balkanweb.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Trudeau's cannabis revolution turns Belgium into narco stateuk.news.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Canadian cannabis seizures hit record as smuggling to Europe surges | News Minimalistnewsminimalist.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Your World Tonight - Stelco's laid-off workers may return to ...podscripts.co · not rated · cited for: context
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