Police can stop illegal drift meeting of Balkan Krew: « Hundreds of vehicles caused a nuisance » (yellow)
The Balkan Krew tried to keep an illegal drift meeting in Geel on Saturday evening. The police arrived en masse and could avoid that. When the company continued to Hasselt, the authorities were able to intervene quickly there to evacuate the location.
During drift measurements, drivers make tuned cars controlled slip maneuvers. The participants are notified at the last minute where the location is. « Initially, the rumor circulated that the Kempen/Limburg region would take place on Saturday evening, » reports the Geel-Laakdal-Meerhout police. « From 9 pm in several places in the country, especially in Sint-Niklaas, wagons with number plates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania and France. It quickly became clear that a business park near Geel would be the target. All police teams from the zone were immediately engaged and were strengthened of surrounding zones, the federal road police and the federal road police » ”” ”
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Around 10.30 pm, hundreds of vehicles came together at the entrance and exit complex Geel-Oost, near a company on Hezemeer in Laakdal. « That temporarily caused traffic nuisance. Thanks to the strong presence of the police and thorough checks, the plans of the organizers were considerably disturbed. Around 11 pm the whole event moved towards Beringen, Half an hour later Geel-Oost was almost empty again, » the police said. The convoy continued to a shopping complex in Hasselt and then heading towards.
Balkan Krew is the largest drift club in Flanders. The organizers state that they do not want to be a burden to anyone and therefore always choose quiet locations. They argue for their own place to drift. Last year in August, five hundred tuned vehicles came together in Geel and in October there was a drift meeting in Weelde (Ravels).
