Dutch DJ Serginio Piqué was arrested, along with other Amsterdam natives, by police in Belgium earlier this month on August 2nd because the group had followed the same route from the Dutch capital to Antwerp as Princess Amalia, according to Dutch News.
Footage of the arrest has already made the rounds on social media, which sees Belgium SWAT team arresting the group of friends on the Frankrijklei in Antwerp city center and kept them at gunpoint as they talked them out of their vehicle.
“The Belgian officers said they had been formed by a Dutch security service that the friends had taken the exact same route as Princess Amalia,” Vito Shukrula, a lawyer who is representing Piqué, told Parool (via NL Times). “Amalia is said to have left from the Singel in the center of Amsterdam for Antwerp. My client and his friends are said to have taken the exact same exits.”
“The Belgian police chief eventually told my client and his friends that they were upset that the Dutch services had given them incorrect information and that they had, therefore, deployed on such a large scale for nothing. They were told that at least they now had a good story and that they could continue on their way.” According to Parool, the security service in question is probably the Royal and Diplomatic Security Service (DKDB), which protects members of the royal family.
Shukrula said that he is currently discussing legal steps with his client.
“But my client and his friends would, first and foremost, very much appreciate it if there would be some recognition or generous compensation from the royal family. After all, it was their security services that tipped off the Belgians.”