Criminal lawyer suspected in coke smuggling case

In the cocaine case in which four suspects were arrested in Breda and Oosterhout on Monday, trainee lawyer Mustapha M. (27) from Breda was one of the detainees.

Sources within the legal profession and investigation have confirmed this to BN/De Stem. Last May it was already clear that the police and the Public Prosecution Service had identified a lawyer and his brother from the region as suspects in an investigation into ‘large-scale, organized trafficking in cocaine and money laundering’.

The dean of the Bar Association in Zeeland-West-Brabant wanted to suspend M. at the time. The disciplinary judge in Den Bosch put a stop to that. When asked, the deputy dean Jan Snape says “to refrain from commenting at this stage”. M. has yet to complete his education, and has been registered in Breda since June last year with his own law firm.

Money On Monday, the detective searched two companies and five homes in Breda and Oosterhout, including the suspect M.. In the same investigation, the detectives seized more than 46,000 euros, four Rolex watches, a laptop and mobile phones from M. a year ago.

Just across the border in Germany, the police found 100,000 euros in cash in his car during a check. A passenger had the money with him and M. was not arrested at the time. He denied involvement in the money and said he did not know who it belonged to. M. also came into the picture at the criminal investigation department in 2017.

He then worked for the fallen criminal lawyer Bart Visser from Dongen, who was convicted in an investigation into arms trade and disappeared from the legal profession.

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