Drug Lord ‘Flash’ Stands Trial for Grenade Attack in Knokke-Heist: How Failed Heist on a Jeweler Took a Very Different Turn

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A brazen attempt to break into a jewelry store in Knokke-Heist. That is what it appeared to be in the summer of 2022, when two grenades exploded in the entrance hall of an adjacent apartment building. However, investigators soon discovered a link to the drug underworld. And not an insignificant one. Today, drug lord Yannick ‘Flash’ W. and four others – including his cousin Yersen V. – are standing trial before the correctional court in Bruges. W…