drug trafficking

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Items seized during an international operation against a cocaine trafficking network linked to the Ecuadorian cartel Los Lobos, 3 March 2026
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Netherlands helps bust cocaine trafficking network linked to major Ecuadorian cartel
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Dutch customs officers opening a container
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Cannabis replacing cocaine in drug trafficking through Rotterdam port
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Jail bars
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Dutch man sentenced to 20 years in U.S. for trying to sell fentanyl to undercover cop
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Gavel
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Prosecutor deals let drug criminals get away too easily: VVD
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Eemshaven power station
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Six Dutch port cities to work together to tackle drug trafficking, people smuggling
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The Europol headquarters in The Hague, 2019
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Dutch police help with major EU bust of synthetic drug ring; "Largest ever operation"
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Package of cocaine found inside a fish at a warehouse in Barneveld, January 12, 2026.
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Something fishy: Police find 300 kg of cocaine in frozen snapper shipment
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Spanish police officer
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Spain arrests Dutch woman wanted in Netherlands for sexually exploiting children
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Police in Rotterdam counting cash found during several raids linked to investigations into money laundering and drug trafficking. April 2024
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Couple faces eight years in prison for laundering over €50 million through grocery store
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The flags of the United States and the Netherlands fly over the entrance to the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam. 12 August 2020
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Main suspect in 2002 fatal Amsterdam shooting extradited to the Netherlands from U.S.
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Police officer with police cars in the background
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Missing Hoofddorp woman found; Showed up safe at home on Sunday night
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Pro-football player Quincy Promes asks judges to release him from custody on bond ahead of hearings in the Amsterdam Court of Appeals on convictions for cocaine trafficking and the violent assault of his cousin. 30 Sept. 2025
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Judges refuse to release footballer Quincy Promes ahead of drug smuggling, assault cases
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Jos Leijdekkers
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Belgium sentences Dutch fugitive "Bolle Jos" to 8 years for drug trafficking
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Spanish police officer
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Spanish authorities release Ridouan Taghi's relative; extradition now under review
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Over 18 kilograms of ecstasy pills hidden in a parcel with cat food. Intercpeted in Dutch mail on 10 July 2024
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Criminals using Dutch mail to send hard drugs hidden in Buddha statues, cat food
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Aerial view of the luxurious Marbella resort town, Costa del Sol, Andalusia, Spain
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First arrest through new Dutch anonymous tip line in Spain
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Dutchman caught with two suitcases filled with ecstasy and ketamine in Bad Bentheim in Germany, on the train from Amsterdam to Berlin, 14 July 2025
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Dutchman caught with suitcases filled with ecstasy, ketamine on train to Berlin
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A Dutchman and a Frenchman allegedly set fire to their sailboat to hide cocaine when the Spanish authorities intercepted them off the coast of Tenerife, 7 July 2025
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Dutchman sets boat full of cocaine on fire after getting caught by police near Tenerife
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Quincy Promes and FC Spartak Moscow in their match against FC Ufa. 18 April 2021
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Footballer Quincy Promes to remain in custody; Pre-trial detention extended
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Koninklijke Marechaussee at Schiphol Airport
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Schiphol workers sentenced more harshly for drug trafficking
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Dutch police station.
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Cop accused of selling investigation target info could spend 3.5 years in prison
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Quincy Promes gives a thumbs up as Spartak Moscow defeat Khimki 3-1 in Russian Premier League Football. 11 September 2021
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Extradited footballer Quincy Promes arrives in Netherlands, immediately detained
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Quincy Promes and FC Spartak Moscow in their match against FC Ufa. 18 April 2021
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Dutch footballer Quincy Promes arrested in Dubai; Yet to serve 7.5 year prison term
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Quincy Promes gives a thumbs up as Spartak Moscow defeat Khimki 3-1 in Russian Premier League Football. 11 September 2021
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Footballer Promes wants to attend appeal trial in NL, but only if he's not arrested