Dutch police confiscate 86,000 joints
04/17/2026, 07:1204/17/2026, 07:12
Bad news for stoners in the Netherlands: Investigators confiscated 86,000 pre-rolled joints and more than 120 kilograms of hashish during a raid on a company building in the south of the country, the police announced.
Dutch police have seized tens of thousands of joints and 120 kilos of hashish.Image: DPA dpa
Initially, the officers of a special unit and the sniffer dogs noticed nothing suspicious in the building in Echt, just a few kilometers from the border with North Rhine-Westphalia. But then, after a persistent search, they came across a hidden room in which the drug warehouse was located.
Suspicious events around two buildings led to the police operation, during which the investigators then found what they were looking for at an address. Initially there were no arrests, the police said. The seized drugs should be destroyed. (dab/sda/dpa)