Overview
- Police in Emmen arrested three people and found drugs during searches connected to the investigation into Ralf Meinema’s 2017 killing.
- Local media reported the 47-year-old driver taken into custody is Hans O., though police did not confirm his identity.
- Officers said the narcotics arrests arose from locations searched after the recent detention of a 50-year-old woman linked to the case.
- Prosecutors say that woman is suspected only of possibly removing Meinema’s body and remains in custody under full restrictions that allow contact only with her lawyer.
- Police reported twelve tips since April 7 after public appeals, and investigators are checking each submission.