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The police raided and dismantled a massive cocaine washing plant in the Drenthe village of Nijeveen last week. “This is the largest cocaine laboratory ever found in the Netherlands,” Andre van Rijn of the police’s dismantling facility LFO said. He estimated that the lab could produce between 150 and 200 kilos of cocaine per day. […]

A 19-year-old man from Rotterdam was killed in a stabbing at the pier in Scheveningen on Monday evening, The Hague police said on Twitter. Two suspects were arrested. The stabbing happened at the entrance of De Pier at around 6:30 p.m. The critically hurt victim was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his […]

A stabbing at the Scheveningen pier on Monday, that left a 19-year-old man from Rotterdam dead, “almost certainly” stemmed from a heated conflict between Rotterdam drill rap group Blacka 24 and Amsterdam-Zuid drill rap group 73 De Pijp, insiders told Het Parool. So far the police would not say anything about the identity of the […]

A lesbian couple was attacked at the asylum center in Gilze last week, the police said on Monday. One woman was assaulted, the other had boiling water poured on her. Two suspects from Nigeria were arrested. The attack happened in the Prinsenbosch asylum center early on Monday, August 3. The victims, aged 20 and 22 […]

Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam expressed her condolences to the friends and family of Bas van Wijk, who was shot dead at the Nieuwe Meer in Amsterdam on Saturday. “Everything indicates that he is an innocent victim who paid the highest price for his courage,” Halsema said in a short statement. Eye witnesses reported that […]

Approximately 56 million euros in cocaine was found hidden in a shipment of bananas. It was at least the fifth time this year that a banana delivery which originated in Ecuador was found to be concealing a large quantity of cocaine. A 29-year-old man from The Hague was arrested in connection with the new case. […]

Five people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of Bas van Wijk, a 24-year-old man shot dead at a popular swimming location in Amsterdam. The Badhoevedorp man was gunned down on Saturday afternoon in Oeverlanden Park after confronting someone trying to steal his friend’s watch. Tactical teams captured two Amsterdam men, aged […]