Dutch police arrest 6 men, uncover makeshift torture chamber
Source: Associated Press
Mike Corder, Associated Press
Updated 11:45 am CDT, Tuesday, July 7, 2020
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed torture chamber complete with a dentist's chair, tools including pliers and scalpels and handcuffs, a high ranking officer announced Tuesday.
Authorities said police conducted the raid before the torture chamber could be used and alerted potential victims, who went into hiding.
The grisly discovery was made last month by officers investigating leads generated by data from encrypted phones used by criminals that were cracked recently by French police. Detectives in Britain and the Netherlands have already arrested hundreds of suspects based on the encrypted messages.
Tuesdays announcement gave a chilling insight into the increasingly violent Dutch criminal underworld, which is involved in the large scale production and trafficking of drugs.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Dutch-police-arrest-6-men-uncover-makeshift-15390819.php
Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)There's a picture of the chamber at the link.
lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)"Is it safe?"
"Is it SAFE?"
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)I won't be traveling anywhere for a while
Duppers
(28,132 posts)I thought drugs are legal in the Netherlands...?
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)and firearms.
Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)Translation: "Collar".