{
  "id": 5273062,
  "title": "Multiple weapons found in search around Overasselt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/multiple-weapons-found-in-search-around-overasselt",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:50:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/multiple-weapons-found-in-search-around-overasselt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dutch police uncovered a collection of weapons during a search encompassing several sites in and around Overasselt, a town at the heart of a drugs-related dispute. This discovery occurred on Wednesday following a tip-off from a local resident. An evacuation order for residents to remain indoors was rescinded on Wednesday. The police were alerted to a robbery at a residence in the early hours of Tuesday. The ensuing chaos resulted in the death of a 51-year-old security guard and two police officers sustaining injuries.\n\nA video posted on social media depicted a group of up to 30 masked individuals, some wielding what appeared to be automatic weapons, outside a property. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported seeing this footage. Later, police apprehended 34 individuals connected to the incident, attributing it to an \"ongoing conflict.\"\n\nThe targeted property has a history of drug-related incidents. In 2019, a fire led to the discovery of a drug lab on the premises. Additionally, the same address had been targeted with an AK-47 assault rifle the previous year. According to NOS broadcaster, police were examining a video on social media that threatened a resident, accusing Jan G. Jr, a resident of the property, of stealing a cocaine shipment. Jan G. Jr is reportedly linked to drug lord Jos \"Bolle Jos\" Leijdekkers, who is sought by the Netherlands and Belgium for narcotics trafficking and other offenses. Leijdekkers is currently believed to be in West Africa and is suspected of being responsible for the largest cocaine haul intercepted to date, seized in Spain earlier this year.",
  "summary": "Police found multiple weapons during a search of several locations in and around the Gelderland town at the centre of...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}