Overview
- Police closed a Groenlo retail site, seized about 10,000 kilograms of consumer and prohibited heavy fireworks, arrested the seller, and called in EOD after finding unsafe storage and tampering.
- Oosterhout officers found a device in a Jan Luikenstraat garden near a house hit by an explosion days earlier, briefly cordoned the street, evacuated residents, and said any link remains unconfirmed.
- In Utrecht-Overvecht, explosives discovered in a scooter led to the precautionary evacuation of four homes before specialists cleared the items, with no arrests reported.
- Zeist police reported fresh damage at a Slotlaan hair salon where an explosive very likely detonated overnight, and no suspects have been detained.
- After an anonymous tip, Woerden authorities seized 96 kilograms of illegal fireworks from a home and imposed a penalty order, with police weighing potential prosecution.