Minister feels threatened by farmers protesting at her home; Wanted Arnhem man found dead in lake

An Arnhemmer who was wanted for his involvement in the death of a 33-year-old woman in Arnhem was found dead on June 10 in the Rijkerswoerdse Plassen, police report. Authorities had been searching for him for nearly two weeks.

The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has issued another warning for 3-liter champagne bottles from the brand Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial, because they could contain the drug MDMA. Four people in the Netherlands have already become ill after drinking the contaminated champagne, according to the NVWA. In Germany, someone died from it.

Tens of thousands of pornographic photos and videos, including child pornography, were found on work telephones at a care facility in Wognum last year –– but the police and Public Prosecution Service (OM) chose not to prosecute. The care facility’s management maintains that a client downloaded the content, but sources within the facility cast doubt on these claims, according to Noordhollands Dagblad. 

Clinics in the Netherlands have noticed a sharp increase in the number of people struggling with a gambling addiction since a change in the law made online gambling legal in October 2021. The gambling addicts are also younger than they are used to, and some have debts of tens of thousands of euros, Trouw reports after speaking to addiction clinics and hotlines.