According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the criminal organization around Martien R. continued unabated trafficking in narcotics after his arrest on November 13, 2019. The officer announced on Monday that R.’s organization was still involved in drug shipments after that.
According to the OM, this is evident from communication attributed to Arnold M. The 56-year-old M. was arrested on November 25, 2019.
He would have used the encrypted communication service EncroChat. Thanks to a hack, the justice system was able to read live for a number of months. These reports would reveal that he was involved in the smuggling of 315 kilos of cocaine in March 2019. The drugs have been intercepted by customs officers.
After R. was arrested, M. was also involved in the movement of goods and cars, because it was expected that a house of R. in Berghem would be searched by the police.
Toon R., R.’s cousin, also used EncroChat and is said to have communicated under the name ‘Dirty Harry’. He could be arrested in a holiday home in Ede in May. In a bus near the house, agents discovered hydrochloric acid and apane. These are raw materials for synthetic drugs that he talked about via EncroChat.
Phone of Martien R. cracked
The OM also announced that a telephone with notes was found in a Mercedes of Martien R. The notes state, among other things: “110,000 paid for leftover bloke (cocaine, ed.)” And “bins (containers, ed.)”. According to justice, these clues reinforce the suspicion against the 49-year-old man from Oss.
R. said he would declare in court that he is not involved in the drug shipments linked to him.
The file has now been completed and a so-called pre-trial review is scheduled for Friday. Then it is up to the defense to submit requests for additional investigation.
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