Overview
- Two Breda men, aged 28 and 33, are in custody on suspicion of selling prescription drugs illegally via Slaappillen.net and are due in court on 15 December.
- Police opened the case after a 44‑year‑old woman in Voorburg was found dead in April with pills bought as oxycodone from Slaappillen.net, and nitazenes were detected in both the tablets and her blood.
- The Dutch Forensic Institute reports six deaths and four serious poisonings since last year tied to nitazenes, mostly in counterfeit oxycodone, and warns the true toll may be higher.
- Investigators are examining possible links to other fatalities, including a case near Rotterdam, and one suspect also faces allegations of preparing cocaine import and export.
- Prosecutors have not charged the suspects over the Voorburg death, citing the difficulty of proving a direct causal link when toxicology shows multiple substances; experts also warn that long‑term oxycodone prescribing can drive patients to illicit sources.