Police find 1,000 cannabis plants in an Almere Buiten business unit
Police found 1,000 cannabis plants in a business unit on the Bakkenzuigerstraat on the Poldervlak industrial estate in Almere Buiten during a municipal inspection on Thursday 5 November 2026. No one had been arrested, police opened an investigation, and the plants were to be destroyed.
Police found a cannabis nursery in a business unit on the Bakkenzuigerstraat on
the Poldervlak industrial estate in Almere Buiten, in the city of Almere, on the
evening of Thursday 5 November 2026.[1][2]Officers found 1,000 cannabis plants
inside the building.[1]The nursery was discovered during a municipal
inspection on the industrial estate, in which police took part in a supporting
role.[3][2]
Police described the find as a large haul.[1]No one had been arrested.[1]Police said no arrest had been made because further investigation was needed
first.[4]After the discovery several officers worked at the premises to
investigate.[3][2]
Police opened an investigation into the nursery.[1]The cannabis plants found
will be destroyed.[1]
The municipality of Almere carried out the inspection of the industrial estate.[2]
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1Almere1almere.nlNLOngeveer duizend wietplanten gevonden in bedrijfspand in Almere Buiten
Open questions the AI reported
Only the publication date, 6 November 2026, is given for the article; the raid itself is dated to Thursday evening 5 November 2026 in the text.
No weight, growing area or street value was published, only the count of 1,000 plants.
1Almere gives the count as about 1,000 plants; this report uses the 1,000 stated by Omroep Flevoland and Almere DEZE WEEK.
No arrests, suspects or charges were reported; the police investigation was still at its start.
The reports say the plants will be destroyed; they do not say that this has been done.
The HV-Almere page does not say what its three uncaptioned gallery images show, so they are listed as photos published with the report without an identified subject or credit.
A cannabis grow with about 70 plants was dismantled on 11 November 2026 in a second-floor apartment at Aan de Vaart in Zaandam. The plants were shredded on site and growing equipment was removed, and no one was arrested.
Police found 187 young cannabis plants in a house on the Hofmark in Almere Haven, where electricity had been tapped illegally. The nursery was dismantled, the plants destroyed, and the specialist cannabis team opened an investigation into those behind it.
On the morning of 28 October 2026 police entered a building on the Molenwerf industrial estate in Uitgeest and found more than 200 cannabis plants and more than 60 cuttings. They said the power had been tapped illegally and that the plants would be destroyed. No one was arrested.
Police searched a home on the Grensstraat in Beverwijk on 21 October 2026 after anonymous tips and seized soft drugs and hard drugs along with 865 euros in cash; customs took 238 packets of illegal cigarettes and the NVWA 150 banned vapes. A 34-year-old man was arrested and released after questioning while remaining a suspect, and the mayor closed the home for three months from 5 November.
