Two arrested in Zaventem traffic check; 283 g cannabis and hashish seized
On 7 November 2026, Zaventem local police stopped a car with a defective number-plate light during a PROA-actie, found 38 g of cannabis and 745 euros cash, and arrested both occupants after a house search turned up a further 245 g of cannabis and hashish.
During a PROA-actie on 7 November, Zaventem local police pulled a car over for a
defective number-plate light, and officers immediately smelled cannabis.[1]A
check of the vehicle and its occupants found 38 grams of cannabis and 745 euros
in cash.[1]The stop took place during a PROA action in Zaventem on 7
November.[2]
A follow-up house search yielded a further 245 grams of cannabis and hashish,
together with packaging material and a scale.[1]Both occupants were arrested
and questioned; police seized the car, the money and several mobile phones.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
283 g
Vehicles confiscated
1
Cash confiscated
EUR 745
Agency
Politiezone Zaventem
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (38 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Vlaams-Brabant
Sources
HLNhln.beNLDrie verdachten opgepakt na inbraken in Zaventem, politie vindt ook drugs bij verkeerscontrole
Zaventem.mezaventem.meNLPolitie pakt drie verdachten op na inbraken in Zaventem en vindt drugs bij verkeerscontrole
Open questions the AI reported
No charge or court outcome was reported for the two arrested occupants.
The 245-gram figure covers cannabis and hashish combined; the split between the two products was not given.
The address of the house searched was not named.
The two occupants are not named or identified in the account.
The same article also reports a Lozenberg break-in and an 11 November home burglary; those are separate non-drug incidents not covered here.
Police in Liège arrested a 27-year-old man after neighbours complained of drug dealing in their street, finding 1.5 kg of cannabis at his home and 100 grams on him. His file was sent to the Liège prosecutor's office with a request for an arrest warrant, and no charges or court outcome have been reported.
Police in Kontich arrested a 20-year-old man on 8 November after he ran from an anonymous patrol that wanted to check him, then searched his vehicle, home and a rented parking space. The parking space held 154 grams of hashish and 188 grams of cannabis, plus 10 grams of cocaine, and the man is suspected of drug trafficking.
Antwerp police rearrested a minor in Borgerhout on 7 November after finding 40 grams of cannabis and 1,765 euros in cash in his bag. The boy had been caught selling drugs a few months earlier, and police say the new acts breached his conditions.
Antwerp police arrested four suspects dealing drugs from a house on Zaatlaan in Hoboken on 29 October 2026, seizing over a kilogram of hashish and 600 grams of cannabis. Two of the four were brought before the investigating judge, and phones, packaging material and cash were also seized.
