Instant communications for Belgian Customs
Belgium customs vechiles
Fighting cross-border drug traffic
The A16 motorway stretches from northeast Rotterdam toward the Belgian border near Breda.
Motorists like the A16 because they can tool along at 100 km/h — even as fast as 130km/h in some sections.
Drug traffickers love the A16, too: It's become a popular route for running cannabis and heroin between the Netherlands and Belgium.
But police and customs officials from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France cooperate in joint operations designed to interrupt this cross-border drug traffic.
One of the key players in a joint operation or sting is reliable and secure communication. In this case, the ASTRID authority network provides the communications.