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A suspected revenge attack in the underground linked to drug runner Jose Leijdekkers, known as "Bolle Jos", caused the death of safety guards, and 2 police officers injured in the quiet Dutch village Overasselt early on September 1, 2026.
Surveillance cameras caught vans full of masked men armed with assault rifles during the attack, which raises concerns that the Netherlands is turning into a drug state.
Around 4:00 a.m., 2 vans arrived, and a large group approached a farm previously linked to a drug lab. Surveillance footage shows the group approaching the parked car with the lights on inside. By Dutch police report From this incident, 5 shots were fired.
A 51-year-old man from close Wijchen, employed as a bodyguard after an earlier attack on the property, was murdered. Neighbors reported proceeding dozens of shots, and 1 of them told the Dutch media that he had heard 37 shots before the police arrived.
First Officers responding to the study of a suspicious situation were immediately shot down. Fellows pulled injured officers to safety, inactive being a warning. 1 officer initially suffered life-threatening injuries; both were later reported out of danger.
Police began a nationwide search involving helicopters, dogs, peculiar intervention units and roadblocks on A73 and A76 roads. During the search of corn fields, gardens and another places, informing shots were fired. The operation led to the arrest of 34 suspects at various locations, including the corn field close the scene, the Nijmegen railway station and the Limburg highways. Suspects are Dutch, Belgian, French and Algerian citizens. Weapons, vehicles and data carriers have been taken over. A large investigation squad (TGO) has now been established and all detainees stay in custody.
This incredible force sparked reactions from local police officers to the Minister of Justice of the country.
Deputy Chief of Police of the East Dutch unit, Joland Aalbers, described the night as "indescribable".
"It's a truly intense event for colleagues. Colleagues were injured and safely carried by others, risking their lives. It was a real act of heroism. We are grateful that injured colleagues are beyond a life-threatening condition."
Justice Minister David van Weel condemned "a terrible violence" and said that "we do not tolerate it," according to the Dutch portal NOS. He besides described the scale of force as "unprecedented" for the Netherlands. "The fact that the crowds of respective twelve young people pass through the streets of the village and immediately open fire to the police is unprecedented and new," he said. He spoke of a suspicious crime about clearing accounts for global drug cartels operating across borders.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Monique Vinkesteijn called it "a long-term conflict". She said the suspects were charged with execution or manslaughter, attempted murder, conspiracy, and preparation for kidnapping. She described 10 different crime scenes, highlighting the vast and complex nature of the crime. She said the investigators are working on linking all fishy to circumstantial locations.
Mayor Joerie Minses of the municipality of Heumen, which besides includes Overassselt, called force "non-Dutch", "totally unacceptable" and something that "crosss all boundaries".
"What happened last night doesn't match Overasselt," stated.
Now he says he might want to close the farm completely, which has a documented past of problems.
In 2019, a professional drug laboratory was found in transport containers close the farm after the fire. Armed men were found at the gate of the home in 2024.
In July 2025, the attacker gave at least 25 AK-47-style firearm shots towards home, leading to conviction of a 21-year-old from Amsterdam. Residents then hired private security.
What triggered the last attack?
Questions arise as to what prompted drug gangs to attack so massively. The Dutch media, citing police sources, linked the attack to a dispute over a shipment of cocaine of 812 kilograms confiscated on August 29 at the French-Spanish border. Drugs were in a truck registered in the Netherlands, driving from Africa through Portugal.
Masked gang members may have sought a missing condition of the cargo or confronted an intermediary associated with the Leijdekkers network. Leijdekkers, 1 of the most wanted fugitives in the Netherlands, was convicted in both the Netherlands and Belgium, including 14 years in prison in the Costa case in Belgium concerning cocaine smuggling in Antwerp harbour. He is besides facing decades in prison for another crimes. He's believed to be in West Africa. The police have not officially confirmed the connection to Leijdekkers.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.zerohedge.com/
