19-year-old Alkmaarder with an explosive device in the car may have had a blast as the target

The 19-year-old Alkmaarder who was arrested on Monday on the Ruysdaelkade in Alkmaar for the possession of several explosives, may have had them in his car for a robbery. The man will remain in custody for at least two weeks longer, the examining magistrate determined yesterday.

The Alkmaarder was arrested on the Ruysdaelkade after the police found explosives in his black Volkswagen Polo during a ‘regular traffic control’. The man is suspected by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) of ‘preparing to trigger an explosion’. The Public Prosecution Service is referring to a robbery at an ATM, reports the NHD†

The police and the judiciary do not want to report at the moment what and how many explosives were found in the car. They also do not report whether the 19-year-old man was already in the picture of the investigative services before he was arrested.

Whether this man was possibly involved in the devastating explosion on the Alkmaarse Achterstraat, justice does not want to report. The judiciary also does not want to report whether the man was involved in a failed bomb raid in Germany, in which a 19-year-old man from Alkmaar was also involved. was seriously injured†

“The investigation is in full swing. The arrested suspect is in full restrictions, which means that he can only have contact with a lawyer,” is all that Public Prosecution Service spokeswoman Marleen van Fessem wants to say to the newspaper.

Traffic control

During a traffic control on the Ruysdaelkade, the 19-year-old driver of a black Volkswagen Polo was stopped on Monday afternoon around 12.30 pm. Police said the man appeared “nervous and nervous.” That was reason to search his car.

The police then found what they suspected to be possible explosives and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (EOD) was called in. The street was cordoned off and local residents were asked to remain in the rear of their house as a precaution.

At around 4:50 p.m., police said the explosives had been secured. It turned out to be ‘several packages of heavy explosives’. “Really of a different order than illegal fireworks,” said police spokesman Erwin Sintenie. The explosives were sampled and destroyed in a safe environment.