Drugs, cigarette packs and vapes found in Beverwijk home; one held
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.
🇳🇱 Grensstraat, Beverwijk, North Holland · Netherlands
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Arrested
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Cash confiscated
EUR 865
Police searched a home on the Grensstraat in Beverwijk on Wednesday 21 October
2026 and found drugs, vapes, cigarettes and 865 euros in cash.[1][2]The
combination of the goods and the money led police to suspect that dealing was
being done from the home.[1][2]The search followed several reports to Meld
Misdaad Anoniem, the Dutch anonymous crime-reporting line.[1][2]
Police seized soft drugs and hard drugs from the home.[1]Customs officers
seized 238 packets of illegal cigarettes of various brands.[1]The Dutch Food
and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), the regulator that enforces the
flavoured-vape ban, seized 150 vapes in various flavours, which are banned in
the Netherlands.[1]
Police arrested a 34-year-old man from Beverwijk; he was released after
questioning but remains a suspect and his role is under investigation.[1][2]The
municipal council took administrative measures, temporarily closing the home.[3]
Mayor Verkleij closed the home on the grounds of article 13b of the Opiumwet,
the Dutch narcotics law, for three months.[4]The closure took effect on
Thursday 5 November, and a poster reading “Drugspand gesloten” was put on the
home.[4]The municipality said the measure should end possible drug dealing
and improve quiet and safety in the neighbourhood.[4]IJmond360 reported that
a neighbour said he had seen the residents deal drugs, and that the home stands
at the start of the Grensstraat.[5]
Photos and video
Police photo of the soft and hard drugs seized from the home on the Grensstraat in Beverwijk. Photo: PolitiePhoto details
NH Nieuwsnhnieuws.nlNLDrugs, illegale sigaretten en vapes gevonden in huis Beverwijk
Beverwijk.nieuws.nlbeverwijk.nieuws.nlNLPolitie vindt drugs, illegale sigaretten en vapes in woning in Beverwijk; burgemeester sluit woning voor 3 maanden
IJmond360ijmond360.nlNLWoning aan Grensstraat drie maanden dicht na grote drugsvondst: “Je zag ze wel eens dealen”
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or amount of the soft drugs was published, so no cannabis quantity or value can be recorded.
The number of packets of illegal cigarettes and of vapes is stated, but no weight or value for either was published.
The home was described only by street name; the house number is not published, and the pin is for Beverwijk.
No charges or court outcome were reported; the man remains a suspect and police said his role is being investigated.
The soft and hard drugs were described only as such; the accounts do not say which cannabis products were found or whether they were held for sale.
The 238 cigarette packets were seized by customs and the 150 vapes by the NVWA, not by police, though the search was a police operation.
IJmond360 quotes anonymous neighbours saying they had seen dealing from the home; this is not a police statement.
The only photo listed is the police handout of the seized drugs; the NH Nieuws copy of it shows cigarette packets, and the other two pages show cigarette and vape handouts.
The account gives no weight or product breakdown for the soft drugs, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The man is not named and no charges were reported; his role was still under investigation.
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