Belgian police over the weekend caught four suspects related to what Vincent Van Quickenborne described as a plan to kidnap him.

Justice Minister Quickenborne, who is also the mayor of Kortrijk city in Flanders, western Belgium, accused a drug mafia organization that has plotted to kidnap him.

In a statement on the Belgian state television channel RTBF on September 25, Minister Quickenborne said that in the middle of the week, a federal prosecutor warned him of the conspiracy to kidnap.

Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne.

On September 24, the federal prosecutors announced that they mobilized security to protect Mr. Quickenborne for a serious threat.

A spokesman for the Dutch prosecution office, headquartered in The Hague, said all three suspects were Dutch, 20, 29 and 48 years old.

On September 25, a judicial source said the fourth suspect was also arrested in the Netherlands.

My family and I are still safe.

The prosecutor's office said they were informed last week about a potential threat to Minister Quickenborne but did not provide additional details.