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The police seized over 2,000 kilograms of ketamine, with a street value of around 55 million euros, from a shed in the Gooi village of Muiderberg early this month. “It is the largest amount of ketamine ever found in the Netherlands,” the police said. One suspect is in custody.
Our health-led drugs policy has had great results, but the rise of the global illegal drugs trade means we need international solutions, says the mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema warned that the Netherlands is at a critical point where national and international drug policy is violently colliding with international drug trafficking, which "has become more lucrative, professional and ruthlessly violent." In an opinion piece for The Guardian, Halsema warned, "Without a fundamental change of course, the Netherlands is in danger of becoming a narco-state."