Landlord returned to custody after hearing on large Hague drugs lab
At the first preliminary hearing of four suspects linked to the Meidoornstraat drugs lab, prosecutors described raw materials for six million ecstasy pills. The court returned the landlord to custody, ANP reports.
According to ANP’s report of the 30 October hearing, the prosecutor said the Hague premises contained 8,000 litres of chemicals, 28 kilos of hard drugs and raw materials for six million ecstasy pills. The lab was operating when firefighters discovered it on 17 July following a report of a chemical smell. Dozens of nearby homes were evacuated.
Martijn van C., 39, from The Hague was found inside and taken to hospital. His brother Lars van C., 35, from Voorburg, and their father Albert van C., 71, from Leiden, were also arrested that day. The prosecutor said a second production site, which had already been cleared, was found in Lars’s attic.
The fourth suspect is landlord Jelmer L., 44, from The Hague. He had been free since mid-September. At the hearing, the judge ordered his return to custody following new findings by prosecutors.
