Dutch Special Forces Twice Nearly Arrested Bolle Jos: Telegraaf - DutchNews.nl

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According to De Telegraaf, special police and navy units were standing by off the coast of Sierra Leone to apprehend fugitive drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers on the open sea. The operation was called off twice. Meanwhile, his father was acquitted of money laundering.

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A secret operation to arrest Dutch drug lord 'Bolle Jos' Leijdekkers has been called off at the last minute. This is reported by De Telegraaf and other Dutch media. The intention was reportedly to apprehend him on the high seas.

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According to De Telegraaf, special units trained for months for a secret operation in which the criminal would be apprehended the moment he was sailing from Sierra Leone to Liberia.

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The Netherlands intended to arrest drug lord ‘Bolle Jos’ Leijdekkers off the coast of West Africa with a secret special forces operation. The Netherlands’ most wanted criminal escaped arrest because the operation was called off at the last minute.

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Special units of the National Police and the Royal Navy came close to arresting the Netherlands' most wanted criminal 'Bolle Jos' Leijdekkers (34) twice during a secret joint operation in Sierra Leone. The actions were called off at the last minute this month. The intention was to overpower Jos Leijdekkers on the high seas outside territorial waters at the moment he was sailing by boat from Sierra Leone to Liberia.