Two men became trapped in a shipping container full of cocaine in the port of Antwerp on Wednesday, the hottest day ever recorded in Belgium.
As the heat rose, they made a desperate call to the police emergency line, Antwerp prosecutors said.
It took officers two hours to find the container in the huge port, western Europe's main gateway for smuggled drugs.
Guns drawn, police opened the door and the exhausted pair, stripped to the waist, gratefully gave themselves up.
A social media video of the arrests shows port employees pouring water on the suspects to cool them as afternoon temperatures skirted 40 degrees Celsius.
According to a statement from Antwerp prosecutors the men, aged 24 and 25, had entered the container "to remove drugs".
The pair appeared in court on Thursday and were remanded in custody.
Officials have not confirmed the size of the cocaine haul found in the container, but local Antwerp newspaper the Gazet said it could have been hundreds of kilos.
More than 50 tonnes of cocaine from Latin America were seized in Belgium's biggest port last year, the largest volume ever recorded.
Sol Prendido Borderland Beat uktelegraph
Great catch thanks to some knuckle heads.
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Delete12:16 People still get whacked in Europe too
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ReplyDeleteMencho gonna be mad mad
ReplyDeleteHe probably already got paid for that load, the dummies in charge of getting the drugs out will pay though
Deletelot of money stupid people
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't they call their friends?
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ReplyDeleteWhat idiots. They not have friends to call??
ReplyDeleteOn a horse
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