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A drug lab is being dismantled.
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Police dismantle fewer synthetic drug labs in 2025, first drop in five years
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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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Pharmaceuticals seized from Funcaps in August 2025
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Dutch police investigating 49 Funcaps-related deaths; Owners also prosecuted in Belgium
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Sea containers stacked on top of each other in the Maasvlakte harbor in the port of Rotterdam
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Netherlands is the main source of synthetic drug Kush in Sierra Leone
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Cannabis
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Less cannabis grown in Netherlands as more countries allow cultivation
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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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Dutch drug seizures fall sharply in first half of 2024; Cocaine total down 42 percent
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497 kilograms of cocaine found at the port of Vlissingen hidden in a shipment of bananas from Ecuador, 18 May 2024
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Vast majority of proceeds from Dutch cocaine trade going abroad
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Police officer in a drug lab
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Record number of drug labs busted last year; Sharp rise in heroin, synthetid drugs
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Ribbons and messages praising Derk Wiersum
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Cocaine trade behind four in five assassinations in Netherlands
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Dutch police busted fewer cannabis plantations, drug labs last year
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Crystal methamphetamine found in an underground laboratory in Montfoort. August 5, 2020
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More drug labs dismantled in NL last year; Meth labs more than tripled
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Drugs seized in largest raid in Spanish history
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Dutch gang leader arrested in biggest drug raid in Spanish history
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Hague police officer
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Dutch drug labs increasingly professional
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2,500 kilograms of crystal meth found in Rotterdam, June 2019
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Four arrests in NL tied to Europe’s biggest meth bust
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Police investigating a crystal meth lab found on a cargo boat in Moerdijk, 10 May 2019
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Sharp rise in discovered drug labs, especially in east NL
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Firearms seized in the investigation into the "Godfather of Brabant" Martien R. and his family, November 2019
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Another 4 arrests in investigation into Brabant crime family
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Police search a caravan park in Lith as part of operation Alfa - an investigation into a Noord-Brabant crime family allegedly run by Martien R., 21 Nov 2019
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Explosive found in raids against Brabant organized crime family
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Arrest
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Dutch-Polish drug gang busted; 67 tons of chemicals seized
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49,000 liters of formamide, used to make speed, found in Waspik, 7 Nov 2017
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Dozens of police raids in south Netherlands, Belgium anti-drugs action
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7,000 liters of hydrochloric acid found in a van and barn on Raakeindse Kerkweg in Molenschot, 1 Aug 2017
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One arrested, 7,000 liters hydrochloric acid seized in Brabant drug bust
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Ecstasy
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Dutch young people biggest ecstasy users in Europe
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Robot drug detectors could replace Dutch police sniffer dogs
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"Professional" drug lab dismantled in Brabant town; suspect arrested
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Over 50 arrested in massive drug investigation