Police arrest two men over BMW with explosives in Osdorp
Police have arrested a 36-year-old and a 25-year-old over the July crash in Osdorp that led to a large cordon and evacuations.
Police have arrested two men from Amsterdam after a BMW carrying explosives crashed in the Nierkerkestraat in Amsterdam-Osdorp on 28 July. Police had been chasing the car, and its three occupants ran off after the crash.
Police arrested a 36-year-old man from Amsterdam on 29 September. An arrest team detained a 25-year-old man at a home in Amsterdam on Tuesday.
The car was linked to an explosive ATM raid (plofkraak) in Germany earlier that day. Because of the explosives, police cordoned off a large area. Several homes and a care home were evacuated, and the defence ministry's explosives disposal service (EOD) came to examine the material.
Police also arrested someone at Schiphol in August in connection with the case. That person was later released. The investigation is continuing.
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plofkraak
A plofkraak is an explosive robbery, in which criminals use explosives to blow open a cash machine (ATM), safe or bank vault to steal the money inside. The term is used in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries for this type of raid. Because the explosives create a serious danger to residents and passers-by, a plofkraak usually leads to a large police response, such as cordons and evacuations.