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Icy Conditions Snarl Travel; EOD Evacuations and 463‑Kilo Port Cocaine Seizure Add to Strain

Officials issued new ijzel warnings for the north after crashes closed roads, slowed trains and forced detours.

Overview

  • The KNMI set code orange for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in the north after earlier code‑geel alerts, warning of widespread ijzel and a high risk of accidents.
  • Multiple crashes clogged key routes on Monday, with a lane closed in the Heinenoordtunnel on the A29, long delays on the A27, and the N33 in Drenthe shut in both directions for about two hours due to ice.
  • Rijkswaterstaat and rail operators reported lingering disruption, including reduced services and speed restrictions between Duivendrecht and Holendrecht that continue to limit AmsterdamUtrecht trains.
  • Police found weapons and possible explosives in a Krokusstraat home, the EOD investigated, fifteen houses were evacuated as a precaution and a 49‑year‑old resident was arrested.
  • Customs destroyed 463 kilograms of cocaine seized in a Rotterdam port container of mangoes from Peru, and prosecutors said the destination companies appear not to be complicit.