Former Belgium international Radja Nainggolan was arrested by Brussels police on Monday morning as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe.
Authorities revealed that the network used the port of Antwerp to smuggle drugs into the continent.
Police arrested several suspects, including the footballer, after carrying out a series of morning raids across the country, the office told AFP.
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“The investigation concerns alleged facts of importation of cocaine from South America to Europe, via the port of Antwerp, and its redistribution in Belgium,” prosecutors added in a statement.
Nainggolan’s club Lokeren-Temse said in a statement that the player was absent from training on Monday morning. The club added it respected the presumption of innocence and declined to comment further.
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