Officers from the Brussels-Capital-Elsene Local Police Service have seized weapons and drugs during a raid of the Matongé Gallery in the municipality of Elsene. The guns and the drugs were concealed at various places in the gallery, including on its roof, behind door frames and in bags. In addition to drugs police also found an airsoft weapon, bullets, pepper spray and a firearm with cartridges.
Officers found 85 packs of cocaine and 800 grammes of cannabis and 4 XTC pills.
Several police service departments worked together on the operation. A sniffer dog was used to locate the drugs.
All the drug weapons found were confiscated by police. The police have not yet apprehended any suspects.