Former Satudarah bosses are said to have smuggled 2000 kilos of cocaine through the port of Antwerp. The public prosecutor announced this on Wednesday at the first public hearing on the case in Den Bosch. The Public Prosecution Service is investigating whether they can be arrested for continuing with the crime organization behind motorcycle club Satudarah.
Suspect Xanterra M. (49) from Tilburg appeared on a video link from the prison in Vught. At the beginning of December he was sentenced to four more years in prison for leading Satudarah as ‘national president’. M. was allowed to await his trial and also the appeal in freedom.
But the OM thinks that in the meantime he just continued to commit crimes. He was said to be importing drugs and he was also involved in ecstasy and the trade in 2,500 pills, the officer added. De Tilburger is silent about the accusations.
‘Fat’ Pete
Another suspect who appeared via video connection is Marco R. (45) from Den Bosch. He used to be president of a chapter of Satudarah. In addition to this lawsuit, R. is also involved in the process of ‘Fat’ Piet S. He is one of the 36 suspects in that mega case. According to the Public Prosecution Service, De Bosschenaar would have set up a cocaine line.
His case will be heard in The Hague later this month. “I assume that there will be an acquittal,” R. said to the court. His lawyer emphasized that R. is innocent, has never been convicted of a drug crime and does normal work.
Birthday
Redouan I. (46) from Goirle stayed away from his first session. He is sentenced as Treasurer of Satudarah. Only suspect Reindert K. (41) was in the room, even on his birthday.
A man is still outside the cell, but the Public Prosecution Service expects him to be arrested soon. A total of nine suspects will come to court. Angelo M. (46) from Tilburg is also one of them. He is Xanterra’s brother and he has also been convicted for his prominent role in Satudarah.
‘Golddigger’
The evidence consists of intercepted messages late last year. Chats by people with pseudonyms like Magic, Golddigger and Adidas13. Those would be some of the suspects. According to the OM, the men ordered drugs in Brazil and deposited money. “It is clear that there will be a batch of 2000 kilos and people can subscribe to that,” said the public prosecutor.
“We are still investigating all chat messages. Attempts are being made to identify strangers,” according to the officer. For example, the Public Prosecution Service checks whether they also traded in ketamine and crystal meth. The indictment may be expanded because the OM sees a partnership, the continuation of a prohibited association. This is how Satudarah has been seen since 2018 after various court decisions.
All lawyers asked for release from custody. The prosecutor resisted. On Wednesday evening, the court decided that they will remain in jail.
Crypto
The Satudarah top executives ran into the lamp in the large Exclu investigation. Together with about forty other suspects, they were arrested in early February. There are more cases in Brabant, including in Steenbergen, Tilburg and Oss.
The ‘police hack’ around Exclu is the umpteenth operation involving a crypto telephone service. Since 2015, police have been breaking into Ennetcom, PGPSafe, Encrochat, SkyECC and Anom. That resulted in hundreds of millions of chat messages and photos, as proof.
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