Source: Reuters Pubdate: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 LILLE, France, Nov 22 (Reuters) Thousands of police and customs officers from France, Belgium and the Netherlands carried out an antidrugs swoop in the three countries overnight, detaining 128 people, police said on Saturday. The largest part of the operation, by about 2,250 officers, took place in northern France where police searched more than 9,000 vehicles and checked the identities of over 16,000 people. A total of 37 kilos (81 lbs) of cannabis was seized in spot inspections in France with smaller quantities of other drugs also being discovered, police said. The operation was the third of its kind this year in an attempt to discourage small dealers travelling between the three states.