A container vessel was asked to anchor off the Vlissingen coast by the end of December following a hoax bomb alert. It was loaded with more than 2,400 kilos of cocaine, officials informed recently.
The vessel set sail to Antwerp from Senegal and was asked to dock in Vlissingen following a call from an anonymous person who rang Belgian authorities.
The person threatened to blow up the vessel if it docked at the Belgian port.
The ship reportedly was anchored...