After the discovery of 5 tons of illegal fireworks, the Brussels police chief looks ahead to New Year’s Eve with concern: “Without the amok, more officers could celebrate at home.”

Three days before New Year’s Eve, the police found 5,318 pieces of illegal fireworks in a car in a residential area in Anderlecht. Imported from Germany and intended to be sold in Brussels. “These are rockets that could just as well have flown towards our people three days later,” says Jurgen De Landsheer, chief of police of the Brussels South police zone. A conversation about what already promises to be a “heated” transition from old to new.

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