Woman arrested in Alphen after refusing drug and blood tests
A woman driver was arrested at a traffic checkpoint in Alphen aan den Rijn on 7 November 2026 after refusing a drug saliva test and a later blood test. Officers had smelled cannabis in her car, where the passenger handed over a joint and a bag of hemp.
🇳🇱 Alphen aan den Rijn · Netherlands
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Officers stopped a car with two occupants at a general traffic checkpoint on
Saturday at about 16:40.[1][2]Officers stopped the car at a general traffic check in Benthuizen.[2]When the woman driver handed over her driving
licence, officers smelled a strong hemp odour in the vehicle.[1]The male
passenger said he had used cannabis shortly before.[1][2]At the officers’
request, he produced a joint and a small bag of hemp from his clothing.[1]Police said the woman driver had bloodshot eyes and also smelled of hemp.[1][2]
Officers wanted to take a saliva test to check whether she was driving under the
influence of drugs, but the woman refused to cooperate.[1]She maintained her
refusal after officers asked her again and warned her about the consequences of
refusing.[1]She was then arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
of drugs.[1][2]She was taken to the police station in Alphen aan den Rijn and
brought before an assistant prosecutor.[1]
At the station she again refused to cooperate, this time with a blood test.[1][2]During questioning she declined to answer the questions put to her.[1]Police
drew up an official report for refusing the drug tests.[1]Her driving licence
was seized immediately.[1][2]The case will have a legal follow-up at a later
date.[1]
Photos and video
ANP photo published with the report: officers approaching the woman driver who refused the saliva test at the Benthuizen traffic check. Photo: ANPPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
No weight was reported for the joint and the bag of hemp, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The driver's age, name and identity were not published.
The incident date of 7 November 2026 is the Saturday before the 10 November 2026 publication date; the reports give Saturday at about 16:40 but no calendar date.
No court outcome was reported; the reports say only that a police report was drawn up and the driving licence was seized.
The account rests on two accessible outlet reports of the same police statement, not independent reporting.
The AD article also describes a driver with a Polish registration and licence stopped during the same check; that is a separate event and is not covered here.
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