Since the end of June, local police in the Brussels North District, encompassing the boroughs of Schaarbeek, Evere and Sint-Joost-ten-Node, have arrested 14 people suspected of drug trafficking in the neighbourhood around the Brussels North Station. The police tracked down the gangsters after several violent incidents pointing to a turf war fought between rival drug gangs.
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14 suspects from ‘rival drug gangs’ arrested in Brussels's North District
Colin Clapson
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The investigation began in April 2025 when a number of particularly violent incidents occurred in the North District, the public prosecutor's office explains. ‘Several confrontations and attempted murders took place. The suspicion was various criminal organisations involved in the sale of narcotics in the district were embroiled in a turf war.’
Brussels North police opened an investigation and carried out 11 searches on 30 June, mainly in the North District. The searches were carried out by the Centralised Judicial Brigade of the Brussels North police zone, supported by the Assistance Team (BTA) and the dog brigade.
36,000 euros in cash and almost a kilo of cocaine
‘During these raids, 36,000 euros in cash, two illegal firearms and various other weapons were seized, in addition to 940 grams of cocaine, 700 grams of hashish, 3.8 kilograms of ecstasy pills, several medicines classified as narcotics, as well as two vehicles and three electric scooters,’ the public prosecutor's office confirmed. ‘A total of 14 individuals were arrested by the investigating judge.’