In July 2022, the police caught a gang chief in Blankenberge, particulars Het Nieuwsblad. The 31-year-old man was arrested by the maritime police for inappropriate conduct. The police additionally found a small amount of hashish on him, which led them to look his residence. There they found quite a few weapons, cocaine and hashish, in addition to a younger lady: Laura Vanoverberghe, the longer term girlfriend of Luca Brecel.
The investigation, led by prosecutor Lode Vandaele, will reveal that the person led a bunch, below the identify “C-Workforce”, which offered cocaine, ecstasy, MDMA, mephedrone, velocity , cannabis and hashish. The gang bought their provides from the Netherlands. The investigation unmasked three different accomplices, together with the longer term accomplice of the world snooker champion.
The latter was arrested in September final 12 months, then launched below circumstances after questioning. But Laura Vanoverberghe performed a significant position within the C-Workforce’s drug trafficking. “At first she was the chief of the gang, then she took on an organizational position. A financial institution investigation confirmed that at least 35,000 euros had been deposited into his account by clients,” the prosecutor informed our Flemish colleagues. It was due to her personal cocaine use that she bought into promoting it.
The prosecutor of the Bruges Prison Courtroom requested a 37-month suspended jail sentence in opposition to the younger lady and 5 years in jail in opposition to the 2 leaders of the C-Workforce.
