Dutch police force discovered a record number of weapons in vehicles last year
3 years, 9 months ago

Dutch police force discovered a record number of weapons in vehicles last year

NL Times  

Last year, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee found a record number of weapons in cars during roadside checks. It involved at least 252 weapons tucked away in gloveboxes, under seats, and in trunks, writes national newspaper AD Saturday based on annual figures. A year earlier, the military police found 155 weapons; in 2018, there were 120. The weapons were discovered during checks in the border region, which were initially intended to stop illegal immigrants, passport fraudsters, and human traffickers.

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About 3,300 weapons handed in during national amnesty campaign
3 years, 2 months ago

About 3,300 weapons handed in during national amnesty campaign

NL Times  

Police across the country were given 3,300 weapons last week during the national weapons hand-in campaign. The program yielded "more than 2,000 knives, 200 other stabbing weapons, nearly 500 firearms, and 600 other weapons," the Ministry of Justice announced. That year in Rotterdam alone, 262 weapons including sixty firearms were handed in to police, versus 442 this year. We have …

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