Maasmechelen Who by the Maasland drive, may soon be hassle-free through a Dutch agent from the region of Maastricht against. The police forces Lanaken-Maasmechelen and Bilzen-Hoeselt-Riemst go on a cross-border cooperation with Maastricht. “We learn a lot from each other”, sounds.

do Not be surprised if you soon have a politiecombi of the zone Lanaken-Maasmechelen see driving around with an agent from Maastricht behind the wheel. The two police districts with the most number of border crossings go a extended cooperation with the Maastricht police.

these are the zones with the territory of Maasmechelen in Riemst. “This fits especially in tackling drug-related crime”, says Marino Keulen (Open Vld) mayor of Lanaken. “That’s the biggest problem here in our border region. We are now a fist at, and pick up the imaginary ‘grensmuren’ way.”