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Saxophone-playing driver arrested for rehearsing on the highway

Apr 19 '17 13:20
CrimeWeird

The police arrested a 49-year-old man on the A7 between Drachten and Groningen on Tuesday afternoon for playing his saxophone behind the wheel. The man had the saxophone lying on the steering wheel. He wasn't blowing into it, but was playing the valves with his fingers, the police said, according to NU.nl.

Police officers noticed the man because of his driving behavior - he was driving at less than 90 kilometers per hour, close behind a truck and was not driving in a "flowing line", according to the police. The police therefore decided to pull him over.

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Over 20 dead dogs found in Friesland puppy trader's freezer

Dec 13 '16 11:00
CrimeNature

The Friesland police arrested a 20-year-old man from Drachten after 23 dead dogs and 4 dead rabbits were found in a warehouse in Holwerd where he traded puppies from, AD reports.

The man offered sick and neglected puppies for sale on Marktplaats, and sold them with false ownership papers. The police also found nie live puppies and 16 adult dogs in the warehouse on Grandyk. The dogs were rescued and transferred to a shelter address.

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"Elite" firefighter teams to be trained to deal with disasters

Sep 28 '16 07:55
Top Stories

The Dutch fire department established "elite teams" of firefighters specially trained to deal with major incidents, like explosions, collapsed buildings and complicated fires. A total of 140 specialist firefighters were trained over past months to support the regular firefighters where their knowledge and experience lack

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Five injured in multiple weekend stabbings

Sep 12 '16 08:14
Crime

A total of five people were injured in various stabbings across the Netherlands on Saturday night and during the early hours of Sunday morning. The police reported stabbings in Schiedam, Eindhoven, Helmond and Drachten.

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Institutionalized psychiatric treatment for man who blew up apartment

Jul 28 '16 16:45
Crime

On Thursday the court in Leeuwarden sentenced Folkert F. to institutionalized psychiatric care for causing an explosion in his Drachten apartment in December last year

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Some 3,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Noord-Nederland drug bust

Jul 19 '16 13:15

The police raided a total of 11 addresses in the northern parts of the Netherlands on Monday as part of a major investigation into cannabis cultivation and trafficking and money laundering. Three cannabis farms with a total of 3 thousand plants were discovered and dismantled.

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Four arrested in major Northern Netherlands drug investigation

Jul 18 '16 15:45
Crime

The police are raiding various addresses in Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe on Monday as part of a major investigation into money laundering and drug trafficking in the north of the country. So far four suspects were arrested

D66 youth member threatens to put bullet through Widlers' head

Feb 26 '16 08:16
Crime

A member of the Friesland branch of D66 youth movement Jonge Democraten, threatened PVV leader Geert Wilders with death on Twitter. "Geert Wilders come to Drachten once. I'll put a bullet through your cunt head", Mohamed Mahir, former treasurer of the youth movement, tweeted.

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Explosion rocks northern Netherlands neighborhood, one hurt

Dec 28 '15 07:27
Top Stories

An explosion in an apartment building on Nachtegaalstraat in Drachten on Sunday night left one person injured and the residents of all 39 apartments evacuated. The wounded person was taken to the hospital with burns, the severity of his injuries is unknown.

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Report: Thalys train jumper in custody again; clerk bitten in shoplifting attempt

Dec 1 '15 15:20
Crime

The teenager that caused a commotion at Rotterdam Central Station by barricading himself in a Thalys train in September, is once again in custody. He was arrested for attempted shoplifting in Oude Pekela, Groningen, during which he bit a clerk

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Ex-boyfriend held in woman’s murder overnight

Aug 14 '15 11:01
Crime

A 43 year old man was arrested in Drachten on suspicion of involvement in the murder of his ex-girlfriend during the course of Thursday night.

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Sheep "arrested" for blocking traffic

Dec 10 '14 17:46
CrimeWeird

Drachten police "arrested" a sheep that had strayed from its farm, into the high way, and hindering traffic flow on the N31, Friday morning.

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Iraqi refugee acquitted in fatal fire

Oct 7 '14 16:52
Crime

A court acquitted 39-year-old Abdulbaset A., accused of neglect in a fire that left a 24-year-old dead, while destroying or damaging 11 homes and five stores.