Overview
- Leeuwarden judges ordered the release next week of Arno van K., Ritske B., John van K., and Jan B., who will await trial under electronic monitoring.
- Chris van V. remains in pre-trial detention after a re-arrest on a new suspicion linked to the same investigation.
- Release terms include contact bans with co-suspects and witnesses, with Friesland-based defendants required to surrender passports and stay within the country.
- Prosecutors told the court their suspicions against former lawyer Arno van K. have intensified, citing inquiries about disabling plainclothes 'romeo' officers and the use of toxic beans via arrows, tied to castor beans seized at Ritske B., chats on B.’s phone, and AIVD reports.
- Both Brabanders are suspected of supplying weapons to the group, and earlier nationwide raids recovered firearms, munitions, and potentially explosive or hazardous substances; a trial date has not been set.