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An evening shot of a Lidl supermarket
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Narcotics found between fruit at two Lidl supermarkets in Noord-Brabant
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Willian Pacho of Ecuador, Stefan de Vrij, Wout Weghorst and Teun Koopmeiners of the Netherlands during the international friendly match between the Netherlands and Ecuador at the Philips Stadium on March 31, 2026, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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Netherlands draw with Ecuador ahead of World Cup, Sweden joins their group
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Dutch customs display a pallet of 400 kilograms of cocaine seized from a shipment of bananas at the port of Vlissingen on March 6, 2026
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Dutch customs seize 400 kilos of cocaine hidden in bananas from Ecuador
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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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image of packages of cocaine found hidden within a shipment of magnets at a company in Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, January 27, 2026.
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Industrial magnets used to hide 4,830 kg of cocaine; Among largest Dutch drug busts ever
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Container ship moored at the EuroMax shipping terminal in the Port of Rotterdam
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At least 13 arrested in two cocaine busts at Rotterdam port
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3,600 kilograms of cocaine, worth €270 million, intercepted at the port of Vlissingen, 19 June 2024
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Biggest drug bust this year: 3,600 kg cocaine found in Ecuadorian bananas at Vlissingen
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120 kilograms of cocaine intercepted at Schiphol Airport, found in several suitcases on a flight from Banjul in Gambia. 19 May 2024
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Airport worker arrested in 120 kilgraoms cocaine bust at Schiphol
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Jail bars
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Handful of Dutch among hundreds detained in Ecuador's clash with drug gangs
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Nearly 1,200 kilograms of cocaine found in a container full of bananas at the Rotterdam port. 21 December 2023
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Over 1,700 kilograms of cocaine found in banana and jelly shipments
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3,279 packages of cocaine, worth about 246 million euros, found at the port of Vlissingen hidden among a load of bananas from Ecuador, 14 November 2023
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Cocaine worth €246 million intercepted at Vlissingen port
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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4 men receive up to 8 years in jail for importing 1,122 kg of cocaine via Amsterdam port
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1,279 kilograms of cocaine found in Vlissingen in two banana containers from Ecuador, 14 December 2022
CrimePolitics
Netherlands, Ecuador sign customs deal to fight drug trafficking
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The court on Parnassusweg in Amsterdam-Zuid, 21 February 2021
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Suspect denies strangling transgender sex worker in 2003 Amsterdam cold case
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Jody, a transgender sex worker from Ecuador, found murdered in Amsterdam in 2003
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Man arrested in 2003 murder of transgender sex worker from Ecuador
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Several KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport. 21 May 2021
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KLM flight from Amsterdam evacuated in Ecuador over bomb threat
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Quito, Ecuador
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Ten years in prison for Dutch people convicted in Ecuador for child pornography
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A smartphone showing the ANOM encrypted chat app developed by the FBI to trick criminals into thinking they were communicating securely
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Dutch cocaine trafficking suspects caught after using FBI’s chat app in court today
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One of the cocaine shipments intercepted at Rotterdam port
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€354 million in cocaine found at Rotterdam port; 34 arrested
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1,279 kilograms of cocaine found in Vlissingen in two banana containers from Ecuador, 14 December 2022
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Nearly 1,300 kilograms cocaine intercepted at Vlissingen port
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Official Adidas FIFA World Cup Football Ball Al Rihla. World Championship in Qatar 2022.
Sports
All Oranje players ready to play, but some sick with a cold
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Dutch police at the scene of a crime
Crime
Woman’s shooting, arson, explosives in one village tied to South American drug busts
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Jhegson Mendez of Ecuador and Virgil van Dijk of Holland during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group A match between Nederland and Ecuador in the Khalifa International Stadium on 25 november 2022 in Al-Rayyan, Qatar.
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Oranje held to a draw by Ecuador in World Cup
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Signs promoting viewing parties at the Johan Cruijff ArenA for the Dutch football matches during the men’s World Cup. June 2022
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Rough rush hour expected in Amsterdam-Zuidoost due to football screening, concerts