At the beginning of this year, the town hall in Vries was extra secured for a month by an external security agency. The reason was a threat from a man who is legally at odds with the municipality of Tynaarlo about a caravan site in Zuidlaren.
The man and his wife have been interested for some time in a vacant caravan site on the Wam in Zuidlaren. Proceedings from the municipality were a stumbling block for the couple to qualify for that place and that led to a court case. During the legal jousting, the man would have made threats to the municipality against an employee of a discrimination hotline that assists the couple.
Reason for the municipality to have the town hall secured for a few extra weeks. A report has also been filed against the man and he received an area ban. He must report to the court at the beginning of April.