After the arrest, a search took place in the police officer’s home. Several data carriers were seized during the search. This includes USB sticks and hard drives. The police and judiciary did not announce in which municipality the arrested officer worked.
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The arrest is the result of investigations that have been initiated in response to the intercepted message traffic by the police and the judiciary via the encrypted chat service EncroChat. Last summer, the police announced that she had succeeded hack this encrypted chat service. The cracking of EncroChat allowed the police to read millions of chat messages from criminals for months.
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During a press conference about the cracked EncroChat, the police announced that reading the reports prevented liquidations. In addition, more than 100 suspects were arrested, 8,000 kilos of cocaine were intercepted and more than 20 million euros in cash was found. There was also a view of corrupt officials. Today it was also announced that two suspects were accused of the cracked EncroChat of an explosion in the Zwolle district of Aa-lands could be arrested.
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The arrested agent was brought this afternoon before the examining magistrate of the Overijssel court. He released the suspect under certain conditions. The man must be available for further investigation.
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The investigation into the police officer in East Netherlands is carried out by the VIK (Security, Integrity and Complaints) department of the East Netherlands police unit, headed by the East Netherlands Public Prosecution Service.
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Would you like to know more about the EncroChat chat service? Watch our video here.
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