The service discovered the illegal cigarette factory in a shed along Zuidhoekstraat. At that time, 29 people were present in the shed. They were all arrested. Two people would have fled. It is striking that there was also a space in the shed where the employees could stay.
In the shed there was both a production line and a packaging line. The FPS Finance was able to seize around 10 million cigarettes. With the sale of those cigarettes, the excise duties and a pack of a lot is cheaper.