Federal judicial police in Belgium arrested two men suspected of being part of a criminal organisation involved in drug trafficking on 14 November. Four other suspected members of the group were arrested in France.
During the arrest of one of the French suspects, a French police vehicle was driven into, the Brussels prosecutor’s office reported.
The criminal organisation allegedly carried out heavily armed drug transport operations and had access to a hideout in the Brussels region to do so, the public prosecutor said.
“In cooperation with the French police, it was also possible to seize 40 kg of cocaine smuggled from the Netherlands via Belgium to France," he added.
"The market value of this seizure can be estimated at about €3 million,” the prosecutor explained. “The persons linked to this file are no strangers to the justice department.”
