In a catering business on the Piusstraat in Tilburg, three men were arrested by officers with drawn weapons on Tuesday evening. This happened after a report that someone had walked through the Hoogvensestraat in the city with a firearm a little earlier.
Sandra Kagie
A fake firearm was eventually found in the car of the arrested suspects. “If a fake firearm is indistinguishable from a real firearm, officers act as if it were a real firearm. In these cases, it can happen that officers shoot at someone. This happened to three men in Tilburg last night,” said the police on Wednesday morning. from.
The report that a man with a firearm was walking in Hoogvensestraat came to the police at a quarter past seven. He then allegedly got into a car with two others and drove towards Piusstraat. At a catering business on that street, the police encountered three men who matched the description provided.
‘Dangerous suspects’
Because the police took into account the presence of a firearm, the men were approached as ‘dangerous suspects’. That means they were stopped by officers with guns drawn. Other than the three men, there were no other customers in the store at the time. Police found a fake firearm in their car.
The arrested men aged 31, 35 and 36 have no fixed place of residence or residence in the Netherlands, the police said on Wednesday. They are still in custody pending further investigation.
