They can laugh about it now, while they are safely back at the boarding point on the Oosterdokskade: the family from south Texas who were on the bus that was briefly the center of attention this afternoon. “This is the first hop-on-hop-off bus where we got on and off at the direction of the police,” they laugh.
Near the Leidsebosje, a large part of the street was cordoned off by the police for about 45 minutes this afternoon. due to a suspicious situation. Special police services were present around the bus.
Dog and drone
The bus stopped at a regular stop when it was suddenly surrounded by police. “Then we thought, ‘Oh no, there’s something on the bus.’ The police brought in a drone that scanned both floors of the bus.”
“Then we had to get out in groups of six. They took away one person. Then they searched us and our belongings and brought in a dog. Then we could get back in,” the tourists say.
According to the police, the suspicious object was not found on the bus. No one has been arrested either.