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A Customs officer and sniffer dog checking sea containers
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Tobacco a "fixed revenue model" for criminals; 106 million cigarettes seized in 6 months
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CT scan of man caught with 75 packages of drugs in his body in Cologne, February 2026
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Prison for drug mule caught on Amsterdam train with 75 drug packets inside his body
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White powder spilled on a table next to a small bag containing more powder
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Logistics worker, 39, tied to cocaine found among bananas sent to Lidl stores in May
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Drugs seized during raids in Tilburg in an investigation into cocaine trafficking and money laundering by the Dutch and Spanish police, 18 June 2024
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Most of Europe's cocaine is processed in Netherlands, says EU agency
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undles of cocaine seized from the cargo ship Arconian are unloaded at the Spanish naval base in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on Monday, May 4, 2026. Spanish authorities seized a record 35,000 to 40,000 kilograms of cocaine off Western Sahara.
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Investigation links Bolle Jos to record cocaine bust near Canary Islands
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Jos Leijdekkers
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Dutch gov't will try cutting EU development aid to Sierra Leone over Bolle Jos
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Aerial view of The Hague at twilight
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Sewer water shows drug spending in The Hague rose 21% in two years to €85 million
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Cargo HARC-team officers during cocaine smuggling investigation linked to Schiphol Airport. 2026
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Schiphol drug smuggling probe leads to 4 arrests over Australia-bound cocaine shipment
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Jos Leijdekkers
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Dutch special forces plan to arrest Bolle Jos twice called off at last minute
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Jos Leijdekkers
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Court convicts Bolle Jos and 20 accomplices in 550 million euro cocaine trafficking case
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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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undles of cocaine seized from the cargo ship Arconian are unloaded at the Spanish naval base in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on Monday, May 4, 2026. Spanish authorities seized a record 35,000 to 40,000 kilograms of cocaine off Western Sahara.
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Dutch with machine guns protected cocaine on "mothership" that supplied smuggling boats
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Jos Leijdekkers
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Bolle Jos's Father could face 7 months in prison for laundering €110,000 watch
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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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Cannabis and amphetamines the drugs of choice for intoxicated drivers
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Prison cell bars
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Police seize 3,223 kilos of cocaine in Brabant and Papendrecht, eight arrested
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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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Netherlands in European top 3 for ketamine use
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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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Dutch customs officers opening a container
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Cannabis replacing cocaine in drug trafficking through Rotterdam port
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Carnival traffic checks catch driver with cocaine on his nose, taxi with people in trunk
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Dutch customs seize 463 kilos of cocaine in mango shipment to Moerdijk. Feb. 1, 2026.
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Dutch customs seize 463 kilos of cocaine in mango shipment to Moerdijk
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Authorities seize 4,500 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of Ghanaian timber at the Port of Amsterdam. Nov. 14, 2025
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Dutch customs seize 14000 kg less cocaine in 2025, cannabis interceptions quadruple
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LSD blotter stamps printed as Pokémon cards, seized in Vaals, Limburg. 16 January 2026
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LSD Pokémon cards: Dutch police arrest five in narcotics bust