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Netherlands 112 Weekend: Teens Held in Schiedam Shooting as Police Probe Home Explosions

Customs say 50 kilograms of cocaine found in Rotterdam’s harbor has been seized and destroyed.

Overview

  • Police confirmed no injuries after shots were fired at Schiedam’s Hof van Spaland shopping center and arrested two suspects aged 16 and 17 from Lelystad and Rotterdam.
  • The cocaine haul was split across two refrigerated containers, with 20 kilograms hidden among Brazilian horse meat and 30 kilograms in Argentine citrus juice, and the drugs have been processed and destroyed.
  • Investigations are underway into a blast that damaged a flat in Lisse and a new overnight explosion in Hoogvliet, with appeals for witnesses, while Lisse also saw evacuations and two arrests after a suspicious device was found; a suspicious flat fire in Rotterdam-Charlois is being examined for possible arson.
  • Three separate shootings in Hoorn left two people injured and led to three arrests, as detectives work to determine how the incidents are connected.
  • Five people were detained in Rotterdam-Zuidwijk after officers found bags filled with cash and drugs during a suspected deal, with the seized items taken into evidence.