Overview
- A five-vehicle chain collision on the A12 near Babberich injured three people, including a child, and shut the motorway for hours on Wednesday evening.
- Police in Rotterdam seized a driver's license after a 585 μg/l breath test and earlier took a novice driver's license at 665 μg/l, both far above legal limits.
- Large controls in Rotterdam-Zuid resulted in more than 150 fines, two drink‑driving arrests and eight youth referrals to Halt, with additional licenses confiscated for extreme speeding in work zones.
- Fires and suspected arson were reported across provinces, including a car burned out in Rotterdam‑Overschie, hedge and restaurant fires in Wageningen, and several vehicle and battery‑related blazes under investigation.
- Two suspects who posed as police in Warmond were arrested after residents called real officers, while separate alerts named missing persons Ubah (14) from Ter Apel and Niels (24) from Onstwedde.