Police and judiciary are this Thursday in Limburg engaged in a major investigative action against organized hemp production and trade. In several places, premises have been or are being searched.
Arrests have also already been made. Police will release more information on this later in the day.
Searches have already taken place in Beek, Stein, Oirsbeek, Obbicht, Sittard, Geleen and Maastricht, among other places. Also in the Belgian-Limburg town of Lanaken and in Amsterdam.
This is an international action, in cooperation with the Spanish police. The investigative activities in the Netherlands concentrate on Limburg. In this province, about 70 employees from different investigation services are on the move. They are mainly looking for evidence and other information relevant to the investigation into the hemp gangs and their ramifications.
Once they find a hemp farm in a property as well, it is immediately cleaned up.
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