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Monday, 13 June 2016 - 13:45

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Some 2 kilos of speed found in Etten-Leur freezer

The police discovered almost 2 kilograms of hard drugs hidden in a freezer in an Etten-Leur home during the early hours of Monday morning. The 51-year-old resident of the home was arrested. Officers responded to the home in the Hooghuis neighborhood around 2:15 a.m. after receiving a tip. The resident did not try to stop the police looking in his freezer, where they found a bag containing the drugs. The drugs will be tested to determine what kind it is. At this stage the police believe it to be speed. The resident claims that the drugs does not belong to him. He was arrested for questioning.

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