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A long-ongoing international investigation by the Dutch, Colombian, and Spanish police culminated in the police confiscating a large number of firearms in the Netherlands and arresting six suspects on Monday. One of the arrested suspects is a woman known as the “Godmother” of Amsterdam, the police said.
The police arrested three men who allegedly tried to steal an armored vehicle, and the valuable items being transported at the time. Two of the three overpowered the driver and abused him on Tuesday morning and absconded with the vehicle. "He was threatened, severely beaten and left behind while his transport vehicle was taken," police said in a statement. "The 46-year-old victim was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries." The incident happened just before 10 a.m. on Almstein in Rotterdam-Zuid. The police soon tracked down the stolen vehicle in the Waalhaven.
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A police team in The Hague arrested 126 fugitives last year who were convicted of crimes but did not serve their jail sentences. The people who tried to avoid prison face a combined 179 years behind bars, and more than 2 million euros in penalties. For the most part, this amount is for restitution to victims, but also includes other damages and fines.
The location data for maybe millions of Dutch mobile phones can be purchased online, BNR reports based on its own investigation. The broadcaster received over 80 gigabytes of location data from data traders consisting of the coordinates of millions of phones, often registered dozens of times a day.