Limburg, Belgium (March 7, 2018) BTN — Police raided the club
houses of the Hells Angels motorbike club in Lanaken and Genk in Limburg on
Tuesday night seizing an impressive collection of weapons. The searches formed
part of a massive police operation and an investigation by federal prosecutors
across Belgium and the Netherlands.
Hells Angels members outside clubhouse
In all sixteen other premises across the country were
raided. 12 people were detained in total. Police encountered an impressive
arsenal of guns and ammunition. In all fifty weapons were seized including a
rocket launcher, eight firearms and 800 rounds of ammunition. Bullet proof
vests with Belgian police logos were also impounded. BikerTrashNetwork.
Items seized during police raids on clubhouses
A series of violent incidents involving members and
non-members and extortion, drugs and arms trafficking and organised crime
triggered the investigation. The investigation is also linked to a drugs
enquiry that started last December and involved nine house searches in Belgium,
the Netherlands and Germany.
SOURCE: Flanders News