The gathering took place at around 7pm on the Europark industrial estate in the Smeermaas area of Lanaken. Around 300 tuned vehicles, many of them German or Dutch registered, were present.
The police were quick to intervene, but their arrival resulted in a game of cat and mouse between the law enforcers and the drivers. Calm was restored at around by 11.30pm. The vehicles were directed by the police towards the E314 motorway. The local police received support from other local police services and the federal police. This prevented the cars involved from regrouping elsewhere.
According to the mayor of Lanaken, Marino Keulen, a convoy of vehicles headed for Aachen in Germany. The Limburg local police services remained on alert throughout the night to prevent further unauthorised gatherings of this type.
