The alleged extortion practices within the Midden-Limburg chapter of motorcycle club No Surrender are the result of a police leak elsewhere in the country.

This is confirmed by several sources around the criminal case against police mole Mehmet A. (22) from Tiel, who will hear next week what punishment he will receive for leaking police information and accepting bribes. Through this A., No Surrender members would also have received information about their now deposed president: he would have contacts with the police. This information was the reason for the club members to depose and, as he claims, extort their president.

'Thousands of times'

The Public Prosecutor's Office demanded 45 months in prison against Mehmet A. on March 5 in Arnhem for leaking information to criminals, including members of No Surrender and Satudarah in Limburg, "thousands of times. This included the fact that members of a chapter of No Surrender could read that their president had contact with a neighborhood cop. That now turns out to be the Central Limburg chapter.

250 euros

Mehmet A. worked in Amsterdam as an arresting officer and he patrolled the streets there. The man from Tiel was arrested in November after an anonymous tip that he was selling information to two brothers dealing in soft drugs. The investigation led to "a shockingly large amount" of leaks. A. received his customers in his car or in cafes. He charged 250 euros per tip and gave volume discounts to regular customers. The verdict against A. is on March 26.

De Limburger reported on Saturday, March 2, that an extortion case in which the Limburg police arrested seven suspects in February played out within No Surrender.

'Bad standing'

The 48-year-old man from Haelen with a home address in Kessenich, Belgium, who reported to the police as a victim late last year was dishonorably - in "bad standing" - expelled from the club in May as president for contacts with the police. He claims he has had to surrender his car, motorcycle, expensive watches and a hefty sum of money. He and his family members were allegedly threatened. The defendants' lawyers refute that extortion was involved "in settling business disputes. The suspects, men aged between 36 and 58, are from Roermond and the surrounding area. Meanwhile, the pre-trial detention of all suspects has been lifted. This was confirmed last night by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

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