Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin attended daily inspections of the Antwerp maritime police forces, which are in charge of the security and safety of the port of Antwerp.
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00:00Belgium is reinforcing maritime police forces at the harbour of Antwerp to fight rising
00:08drug violence.
00:10Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Gwinten confirmed that a hundred extra people would
00:14be hired as he attended daily inspections.
00:18The port of Antwerp is an important location within Belgium's broader fight against drug-related
00:22violence.
00:23More than 7,000 people were checked at the port last year, and 51 suspects have already
00:29been arrested this year.
00:31Efforts are being accelerated after the country's capital, Brussels, saw a wave of drugs-related
00:36violence in recent weeks.
00:38The city saw six shootings related to drug gangs in the span of just two weeks, with
00:43two people killed since the start of February.
00:46Gwinten and Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden have committed to reinforcing police forces
00:51in both Antwerp and Brussels.