Police find 58 kilos of suspected cocaine in Amstelveen home
Detectives found the drugs and a fake firearm during an ongoing investigation. The two residents, aged 35 and 50, are now in custody.
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Illustrative photo: paul naveda / CC0Police detectives found about 58 kilos of suspected cocaine in a home in Amstelveen on Tuesday 27 October 2026. The find came during an ongoing investigation. Officers also found a fake firearm in the home.
The residents, aged 35 and 50, were arrested. Police seized both the drugs and the fake firearm.
On Friday 30 October 2026 the two appeared before the investigating judge (rechter-commissaris), three days after the find. The judge ordered them to be remanded in custody (in bewaring gesteld).
Police describe the find as a large quantity of suspected cocaine. The investigation in which it was found is still running, and the two residents remain in custody for now.
Source: Politie
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The examining magistrate is a judge of the district court who supervises the criminal investigation before a case goes to trial. The role is to check that police and the public prosecutor use coercive powers lawfully, for example by deciding on pre-trial detention (inbewaringstelling), wiretaps, and the hearing of witnesses. The examining magistrate does not decide guilt; that is for the trial court.