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Baarn Ends Post-Blast CCTV as DNA Probe Leads to Weapons Arrest and Fokker Protest Detentions

Investigators continue the Baarn explosions case despite the rollback of temporary surveillance.

Overview

  • Baarn removed temporary cameras installed on September 11 after a series of explosions, with Mayor Mark Roëll acting following consultation with the Public Prosecution Service and police.
  • Rotterdam police seized ten converted gas alarm pistols in The Hague after a DNA match linked to a firearm found during a June preventive check, arresting a 20-year-old suspect.
  • Customs and prosecutors detailed an end-October Port of Rotterdam haul of 583 kilograms of cocaine and 3 kilograms of crystal meth hidden in a steel machine, part of 783 kilograms seized that week.
  • Activists from the 'Fok Fokker' group occupied Fokker’s Papendrecht headquarters over F-35 parts production and export, and police detained 29 demonstrators.
  • Police reported two additional arrests tied to a January home robbery in Utrecht’s Overvecht, and a separate speed check at a moving road closure in Dronten led to eight licence confiscations.