The Brussels North Local Police Service has seized 128kg of cocaine. The drugs were found inside a car that had been pulled over by police in order to breathalyse its driver. When police checked the vehicle, they found drugs with a street value of 6 million euro. 1 man has been arrested.
On Friday 13 June officers from the Brussels North Local Police Service were deployed on an operation to check whether motorists were driving under the influence of drink. They pulled over a car on the Sint-Vincentiusplein in the Brussels municipality of Evere. When they checked the vehicle, they discovered a quantity of white powder in the boot of the car.
A police spokesperson told journalists that “Eventually our officers discovered 128.4kg cocaine with a street value of 6 million euro”.
The vehicle was towed away and the driver has been placed under arrest. The Brussels prosecutor’s office is investigating the case.