Overview
- An arrest team detained a 45-year-old from Eindhoven in a Geldrop home after shots were fired at an apartment on Stationsplein; police had already found a firearm and had labeled the suspect dangerous.
- Celebrations in The Hague’s Schilderswijk turned unruly overnight after Morocco’s Africa Cup win, with fireworks hurled at police and riot officers executing charges.
- Yusuf D. received 15 days in jail, a 40-hour community service order, and €200 compensation per officer for firing fireworks near two cycling policemen in Transvaal, with release set for January 15 due to time served.
- The Public Prosecution Service says it is not using snelrecht or supersnelrecht for most New Year’s arrests because assembling reliable riot evidence and complete case files takes time and requires suspect consent; in Utrecht, none of the 80 arrests has yet led to conviction.
- Major operations continue nationwide: customs and police seized 319 kilograms of cocaine hidden in frozen fish bound for Barneveld and 972 kilograms of nitrous oxide near Amersfoort, the OM declined to prosecute a 2025 police shooting in Hoofddorp, and the Malieveld police-car arson trial proceeded with an 18‑month sentence demand and €43,000 in damages.