Brussels: The police seize 1,500 prohibited weapons close to the Grand-Place!

The action was conducted on Tuesday in the shopping gallery Agora, in the heart of the capital.

On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, the police station Brussels Capital Ixelles held a multidisciplinary control action in the gallery Agora located in the city center of Brussels. Supported by the FPS Economy, the ONSS, the Onem, the Ist and Inastit, the policemen, coming from different services of the zone, (local research, local police, administrative police as well as the service of the interventions and law enforcement) carried out inspections of 19 established businesses suspected of selling prohibited weapons and counterfeits.

The police seized more than 1,500 prohibited weapons and 1,652 luxury brand counterfeit clothing, namely t-shirts, sweaters, shoes and accessories.

With regard to seized weapons, there were 868 replicas of airsoft firearms, 230 American punches, 50 flick knives, 119 tasers, 123 pepper spray, 131 telescopic batons, a machete as well as two nunchakus, Asian fighting weapons.

Several minutes were drawn up as part of this planned action, in particular by the social partners who took part in it (undeclared work, illegal residence, sale of counterfeits, etc.).