On Saturday evening, the police found 350 kilos of cocaine in a van that drove away from a shisha lounge on Dijklaan in Breda. Nineteen handguns were subsequently found during a raid on the catering facility. Two suspects, ages 38 and 44, have been arrested.
Surveillance officers saw a van with two men pull away from the shisha lounge at 7:45 PM. The driver was given a stop sign but did not respond. The pursuit was then started through the center of Breda.
Eventually the passage of the van was blocked, the driver tried to flee but surrendered quickly, according to police. While this 38-year-old man from Teteringen and his 44-year-old passenger without permanent residence or residence were taken to the police station, the van was examined. It turned out to contain 350 kilos of cocaine.
An arrest team then raided the shisha lounge. Nineteen small arms were found inside. The investigation into the origin of the drugs and weapons is ongoing.