Two Colombians held in Beek with 900 litres of drug-making chemicals
Police raided a house on the Sint Martinusstraat in Beek on 3 November 2026 and arrested two Colombian men, aged 31 and 68, on suspicion of violating the Dutch drugs law. Testing showed the jerrycans officers found held 900 litres of chemicals used to make drugs, and the house was later declared safe.
🇳🇱 Sint Martinusstraat, Beek, Limburg · Netherlands
Police searching a house on the Sint Martinusstraat in the centre of Beek
arrested a 31-year-old and a 68-year-old man from Colombia on suspicion of
violating the Opiumwet, the Dutch drugs law, on 3 November 2026.[1]Officers
entered the house in the course of a continuing investigation and found several
jerrycans holding liquids that were at first unidentified.[2]The two men were
held in custody and questioned, and were due before an investigating judge on
Friday 6 November.[3]
Fire officers measured the house and found no danger to the surroundings when
the drums were discovered.[2]Specialists of the Landelijke Faciliteit
Ontmantelen, the national agency that dismantles drug laboratories, then
examined the contents of the containers.[3]Police said on Thursday 5 November
that the jerrycans held 900 litres of chemicals used in the production of drugs.[1]All the jerrycans have been taken away and the house has been declared
safe.[1]
Police said storing so much of these substances in a residential area risks fire
and explosion for neighbours.[3]Police did not name the substances or the
kind of drugs they could make, and MijnStreek Vandaag reported that production
of drugs in the house itself had not been established.[4]The raid was part of
a continuing investigation, but police did not say which case it belongs to.[1]
Photos and video
A house on the Sint Martinusstraat in Beek, the address searched on 3 November 2026. Photo: Wat is Loos MediaPhoto details
De Limburgerlimburger.nlNLAangetroffen jerrycans vol chemicaliën in woning Beek waren bestemd voor productie van drugs, opgepakte mannen kwamen uit Colombia
Politiepolitie.nlNLJerrycans met vloeistoffen aangetroffen in woning Beek
L1 Nieuwsl1nieuws.nlNL900 liter chemicaliën voor drugsproductie aangetroffen in woning Beek
No cannabis product, weight or value was reported: the 900 litres are chemicals for drug production of an unspecified type, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
De Limburger gives the younger suspect's age as 31, while L1 Nieuws and MijnStreek Vandaag say 32; only the number of arrests is recorded.
Police did not say which chemical substances were involved, what kind of drugs they could make, or whether drugs were produced in the house; L1 Nieuws said police would not confirm whether the house was a drug laboratory.
Police did not name the investigation the raid belonged to.
The outcome of the 6 November appearance before the investigating judge, any charges and the condition of the two suspects were not reported.
The page photo taken by Wat is Loos Media shows a house on the street rather than the jerrycans, and no photo of the seized chemicals was published.
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