A team of Customs investigators found 4,022 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of wood that originated in Suriname. The drugs were valued at 301 million euros, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said. The discovery was made at the Port of Rotterdam between Thursday night and Friday morning. The sea container with the shipment […]
Police put end to anti-Afghan evacuees protest in Ede
The police intervened during a protest at the reception location for Afghan evacuees at the Harskamp army camp in Ede on Tuesday evening. Initially, about 250 people had come to the reception center. The protest was peaceful early in the evening, a police spokesman said. The police were at the scene all night. According to […]
Over €130 million in cocaine found in Costa Rica sweet potato shipment
Criminal investigators working at the port of Rotterdam on Friday night found a large amount of cocaine hidden in a sweet potato shipment. A total of 1,760 kilograms of cocaine was seized, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in a statement. The cocaine carried an estimated street value of 132 million euros. The drugs were […]
White heroin resurfaces in Amsterdam seven years after fatal epidemic
Police discovered between 10 and 15 kilograms of white heroin in a hidden compartment of a car in Amsterdam on Tuesday. The 46-year-old driver of the vehicle from The Hague was taken into custody after the discovery was made. Investigators initially believed the packages contained cocaine. Upon further analysis, the packages proved to consist of [&
Over 100 people fined for illegal party in Zeist
A hundred fines were issued in the night from Saturday to Sunday to partygoers who had come to a party a cold store of an old company building in Zeist (Utrecht) The police had received various reports that groups of people had been seen in the area and discovered the party in the building. Since […]
Nearly 6,000 fined for breaking curfew last week
Last week, the police issued 5,906 fines for breaking the coronavirus curfew, the police said on Monday. That is over 100 less than the 6,014 curfew fines issued the week before. Netherlands residents have to be in their homes between 9:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. The police also issued 159 fines for violating the ban on […]
Weeks to repair riot damage to Eindhoven CS: ProRail
It will take at least eight weeks to repair the damages rioters did to Eindhoven Central Station on Sunday, a spokesperson for rail manager ProRail said to ANP. “And that while the station was recently completely renovated and was only renamed Central Station a year ago. What happened here is unprecedented by Dutch standards. It […]
Illegal fireworks increasingly resembling drug trade
The trade in illegal fireworks is increasingly resembling drug trafficking – deals are made through encrypted messaging services, runners are walking the streets not knowing whose fireworks they are delivering, and a number of players are responsible for importing tens of thousands of kilograms of heavy fireworks per year, the police and Publ
Twice as much cocaine intercepted in the first half of the year
In the first half of this year, customs officers confiscated more than twice as much cocaine as in the same period last year. So far this year, 77 shipments with a total of 25,599 kilograms of cocaine were intercepted and seized, compared to 60 shipments with 12,160 kilograms of cocaine in the first half of […]
Drunk man found napping on major Amsterdam expressway
It was a difficult night for one drunk pedestrian, who police officers found sleeping on the shoulder at the junction of two major expressways in Amsterdam on Friday night. The man was on his way to Amsterdam-Zuidoost, but police said he was “so under the influence” that he decided to plop down on the shoulder […]