On 8 November, police stopped a 21-year-old man in Meise after he tried to hide a plastic bag under a parked car. The stop came at 12:40.[1] Police commissioner Franky Maes of local police zone K-L-M gave the account of the stop and the searches.[1] The bag held 32 separately wrapped packets of cannabis, each a single user dose; a search also found a grinder, rolling papers, a phone and cash.[2][1] The man denied involvement with the drugs.[2]

Later the same day a house search with a drug dog found cocaine, hashish and marijuana, which police seized.[2][1]

On instruction of the Halle-Vilvoorde prosecutor, the suspect was brought before the Brussels investigating magistrate, and local police continue the investigation.[2][3]