The 19 raids took place across seven Brussels districts on Sunday, including Charleroi, where 16 suspects were arrested, according to Belgian prosecutors. No weapons or explosives were found in the operation, they added.
Abdeslam is suspected of having rented a getaway car in the November 13 series of assaults and suicide bombings in the French capital that killed 130 and injured over 350.
The following day, French police stopped – and then released – Abdeslam near the Belgian border, unaware at the time of his involvement in the attacks. Witnesses have spotted Abdeslam at various locations in Brussels since that time.
Brussels remains on lockdown amid an elevated terror threat of imminent attack, with railway transportation and schools declared shut on Monday.
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