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Police siren.
Crime
Amsterdam-West home shut after police seize 120kg of hashish, €432,000 in cash
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Dutch authorities seized 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Colombia at the port of Vlissingen on Aug. 8, 2025.
Crime
Mayor orders six-month closure of Amsterdam warehouse linked to cocaine shipment
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Cylinders for nitrous oxide or laughing gas on the streets in the Netherlands.
CrimePolitics
Police ready to enforce laughing gas ban in the Netherlands
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Laughing gas canisters
HealthPolitics
Laughing gas ban delayed; Doctors concerned
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Drug dealing among the youth.
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The Netherlands restricts designer drug 3-MMC
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2,000 liters of chemicals used to produce fentanyl were found in a Breda warehouse. 29 October 2020
Crime
2,000 liters of chemicals for making fentanyl found in Breda warehouse
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Woman selling laughing gas in Amsterdam
CrimePolitics
Gov't to ban recreational use of laughing gas
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Laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, canisters on the street
CrimePoliticsHealth
Netherlands set to ban recreational use of laughing gas
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Rolling a joint
CrimePolitics
Over 200 Dutch municipalities banned drug use on he street: report
Crime
Man arrested at Schiphol with 10 years outstanding prison sentence
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Crime
Dutch Ombudsman picks up case of coffeeshop owner in Thai prison
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Arrest on the street
Crime
Investigation into 2015 chase, fatal shooting nets eight arrests
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Crime
Cops find weed-filled shopper bags in car’s engine bay during stop
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CrimeHealth
Inhaling nitrous canisters causes impotence, brain damage say police
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Cannabis
BusinessCrime
Coffeeshops getting more cannabis from outside Netherlands
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Eberhard van der laan
Politics
Amsterdam mayor: Growing our own weed totally illegal
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Health
Dutch vacationers warned of drug laws abroad
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A woman is being arrested
Crime
Fender-bender leads to 45-kilo heroin bust
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Crime
Police raid 55 grow shops after drug law changes
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Cannabis
Crime
Tough marijuana growshop law takes effect
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Crime
Weed grow shops in trouble as drug laws tighten up
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A woman is being arrested
Crime
"Cannabis stench" leads police to €27k cash
Crime
Five kilos of heroin found in Rotterdam home
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Week in review: February 1-7