An explosion caused damage to a flat at Florijn in Zuidoost early on Tuesday morning. The windows of several homes are damaged, as is part of the balustrade. The police later found a former cannabis plantation in the house where the explosion went off.
Police were alerted just before 6 a.m. about a bang on the fifth floor. The windows of at least three homes were damaged.
Police cordoned off an area around the apartment following the explosion. After a police specialist declared the flat as safe, officers with a special ram smashed the door of the house where the explosion had taken place. There, officers found a former cannabis plantation, there were no more plants at that time. Electricity manager Liander is investigating whether electricity has been tapped illegally.
It’s the umpteenth explosion in the city in the last month. Yesterday, around 6.00 am, an explosive dust also went off at the front of a building in the Tweede Looiersdwarsstraat in the center. No one was injured, but there was damage to the building and the adjacent building.