In a statement, Belgian officials said the arrests were the result of an investigation into the bombings at an airport and on the metro system which killed 31 people and injured 316 more.
Spokesman Eric van der Sypt said three of the suspects were detained "outside the door of the federal prosecutor's office" in the centre of Brussels. Another raid was also performed in Jette, a neighbourhood west of the capital.
Raids were also performed in Schaerbeek, the same suburb where an Islamic State flag and a nail bomb were found hours after Tuesday's attacks. However, no arrests were made there.
A manhunt has been under way in the city for a third man who is believed to be on the run following dual explosions at the airport.
A manhunt has been under way in the city for a third man who is believed to be on the run following dual explosions at the airport.
That development came as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Brussels to show solidarity with the people of Belgium.
He will pay tribute to the victims of the attacks during a visit to the airport - and a special committee is convening this afternoon to discuss a draft law on additional measures to combat terrorism.
On Thursday, French police arrested a terror suspect who was in the "advanced stages" of a plot to attack the country.
Raids at an apartment in the northern Parisian suburb of Argenteuil followed, and bomb squads were in attendance.
French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said: "The individual questioned, a French national, is suspected of high-level involvement in this plan. He was part of a terrorist network that planned to strike France."
He added that a "painstaking" investigation had led officials to conclude that there were no tangible links to the attacks in Paris or Brussels at this stage.
As the raids unfolded, an unnamed local told Le Parisien: "Given the context everybody is really frightened. My son has already told me that he doesn't want to school in the morning."
The police's operation involved specialist officers who concealed their faces with balaclavas.
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