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Netherlands: Police officers convicted

01 November 1997

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Two former police officers have been found guilty of drug smuggling after attempting to smuggle 760 kilos of hashish into Canada. One of them was also convicted of receiving stolen goods after a stolen Harley-Davidson motorcycle was linked to him, as well as breaching Dutch state and professional secrecy laws. The drugs were found by Canadian police close to Montreal airport. They followed the trail back to a company in Hoofddorp that turned out to be owned by one of the two police officers. He claimed to know nothing about the drugs and blamed his colleague, who had just left the police force to set up his own company.

NRC Handelsblad Weekeditie, 16.9.97.

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