THIS is the dramatic moment armed Dutch police arrested seven men accused of planning a major terror attack with suicide vests and car bombs.

Footage shows cops grab a terror suspect from inside a white van during a series of raids in Arnhem and Weert, which are close to the borders of Germany and Belgium.

They ran towards the vehicle which was parked in Arnhem and pulled a man from the passenger seat before pinning them to the ground.

A total of seven men were arrested on suspicion of plotting a large-scale extremist attack that Dutch prosecutors said they were foiled following a months-long investigation.

The group’s alleged leader, named by Dutch media as 34-year-old Iraqi Hardi N, is accused of wanting to carry out an attack during a major event and cause multiple casualties.

According to the national prosecutor’s office, the suspects allegedly wanted to use bomb vests and assault rifles to harm people at the event.

The men, aged between 21 and 34, allegedly planned to detonate a car bomb at another location.

Three of them, including Hardi N, were previously convicted of attempting to travel overseas to join extremist networks.

The men were also attempting to obtain AK47 assault rifles, handguns, bomb vests, grenades and raw materials for bombs .

Prosecutors said that the investigation sped up this month because of the suspects' "advanced preparations."

Minister for Justice and Security Ferd Grapperhaus told Dutch national broadcaster NOS that police acted in time to prevent an attack.

He said: “In a sense it is serious, but luckily it's also good news - a terrorist cell that was plotting an attack has been taken down.

“They weren't so far that it was a danger to society, in the sense that it was nearly too late. But they were quite far in their preparations."

The men were to be brought before an investigating judge on Friday at a behind-closed-doors hearing.