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Missing Hoofddorp Woman Found Safe as Police Probe Kidnapping Linked to International Drug Trade

Police now pursue a large-scale cross-border inquiry tied to an international hard-drugs dispute.

Overview

  • The 49-year-old returned to her home on Sunday evening and was found in good health, police said.
  • Six suspects were detained on Friday and Saturday, including two 37-year-olds from Almere, three men aged 24, 20 and 17 from Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and a 29-year-old arrested in Beersel with help from Belgian authorities.
  • Investigators say the abduction is connected to a conflict within the international hard-drugs trade and may have been intended to pressure others.
  • A Team Grootschalige Opsporing is leading the case with cooperation from foreign partners, and police have asked the public to remove and stop sharing the victim’s photo while withholding further details.
  • The woman disappeared Wednesday after leaving the Mosselplaat in Hoofddorp for work, and her car was later found in Getsewoud-Noord, Nieuw-Vennep.