Radja Nainggolan had to spend the night in prison after being arrested by the police in connection with an alleged cocaine smuggling case.
This is because Radja still has to undergo further examination regarding the alleged case that befell him. The former Bhayangkara FC player must undergo legal proceedings at the Brussels police station, Belgium.
Radja Nainggolan’s lawyer, Omar Souidi, confirmed that the police were still carrying out the interrogation process until Tuesday (28/1/2025) local time.
“My client has been interrogated, as you can see. The police’s questions were delivered in a very correct manner. He [Nainggolan] is willing to cooperate in answering the questions,” said Souidi as reported by the Belgian media, GVA.
“The investigation will be carried out on Tuesday. So my client must wait until he is allowed to be released.”
Previously, the police had made an arrest on Monday (27/1/2025). During the arrest, the police also took Radja Nainggolan’s car using a tow truck and searched around 30 houses in Antwerp.
Quoted from the Dutch media De Telegraaf, that during the search on Monday morning in Antwerp, Radja Nainggolan’s car had to be towed by the police to be used as part of the evidence investigation.
Nainggolan himself is still active as a footballer after ing the Belgian Second Division club, KSC Lokeren Temse last week. In fact, on Saturday (25/1/2025), Radja Nainggolan had just played in the Belgian League.
Radja Nainggolan made his debut with his new club, Lokeren-Temse three days before being arrested by the police on suspicion of being involved in a cocaine smuggling case.
Radja made his debut with Lokeren Temse which plays in the Belgian second division. Radja ed Lokeren-Temse after almost a year of being absent from playing.
Radja’s debut after not playing for a long time was enjoyable. He scored a goal in a draw against Lierse on Friday (24/1/2025).
The player who once played for AS Roma and Inter Milan scored the equalizer from a corner kick. The match ended in a 1-1 draw between Lokeren-Temse vs Lierse.
Three days after scoring a goal in his debut match, shocking news came from the Indonesian-blooded player. He was caught up in an alleged cocaine smuggling case.
“Brussels police arrested former Belgian international Radja Nainggolan on Monday morning in connection with an investigation into the import of cocaine from South America to Europe,” wrote Belgian media, AD.
AD reported that the arrest was part of a larger investigation after Brussels police conducted searches at a number of homes.
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