A 36-year-old man from Mechelen appeared in the correctional court charged with possession of narcotics after police found hashish on him and cocaine at his home.[1]
On 11 November 2025 a police patrol in the Bruul in Mechelen noticed him on an electric scooter, and the patrol followed him because he looked around repeatedly and was known from earlier offences.[1] Officers stopped him in the Stationsstraat, where he took back his phone and left a voice message in Berber that appeared to be meant for his brother.[1] He had almost 5 grams of hashish on him, and a house search found 42 grams of hashish, about 4,000 euros in cash and two user amounts of cocaine.[1] A drugs dog deployed in the search reacted at the toilet sink, strengthening the suspicion that drugs had been flushed away.[1]
The prosecutor noted that the cocaine lay on the floor next to the toys of the man’s 6-year-old daughter, though the child had not touched the drugs.[1] The man said he had bought the hashish in Molenbeek and gave some away occasionally in a café.[1] He said he did not know where the cocaine came from and thought it might belong to a woman friend who visited him sometimes.[1]
He said the cash came from undeclared work as a roofer, and the prosecutor said he had since made progress and asked for a one-year suspended prison sentence.[1] His lawyer, Thibaud Delva, said his client was ashamed and regretted what had happened, and asked for a community-service sentence.[1] The court will give its judgment on 7 December.[1]
