The police and customs authorities pursue suspected French vehicle up to 200 kilometers per hour on the Ring around Antwerp

Antwerp police Saturday afternoon a suspicious French vehicle klemgereden in the Golden Vliesstraat. The chase started on the A12 in Berendrecht after he tried to escape a control by the customs authorities that a device was on the A12 in the context of an international controleactie.

The French driver, a 28-year-old man from the French Lille on 50 km of Kortrijk, was there by the teams of the customs at the height of Berendrecht on the A12, chosen to be monitored. Under the guidance of two motorcyclists was the driver to the checkpoint at the exit. “But when the first motard the exit cranked up saw the driver apparently his chance, and he gave down and he rode about the shaded strip back to the highway,” says Sven Lommaert of the Antwerp Local Police. “The other motard then the chase started with later assistance of our teams.”

On the Ring in Antwerp took the already somewhat older, Peugeot 405 still speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour. He took the Southern exit and tried the now massive amount of police to shake off by also on the Amerikalei and the Mechelsesteenweg at 100 kilometers per hour. There was also a police helicopter deployed. “The driver passed the palais de justice and the rue Brederodestraat and could end up in the Guldenvliesstraat in the Zurenborg district to be stopped. He came at a werfcontainer” , Sven Lommaert further. “The driver has been arrested and is being interrogated. Further research to determine why the man on the flight beat.”