Here is an update on yesterday's incident near Amsterdam where a man was arrested following a car in which police were transporting a journalist under threat from organized crime in the Netherlands. The suspect is identified only as Mourad O., 36, from Utrecht. He is known to be on the fringes of the underworld. He is still in custody suspected of "preparing to commit a serious crime".
The below article from Algemeen Dagblad is translated by Fousesquawk.
Caption: A2 was closed off for the police activity Thursday in which O. was arrested
Suspect preparing "serious crime" against John van den Heuvel is Mourad O. 36 from UtrechtS
The suspect who was arrested Thursday on A2 for the incident involving the heavily-protected transport of John van den Heuvel is 36-year-old Mourad O. from Utrecht. He has a rap sheet, but not for serious offenses, and is on the fringes of the gangland murder Marengo case against Ridouan Taghi et al.
Wouter Laumans, Paul Vughts, January 7, 2022, 20:59. Last update January 7, 2022, 22:30
The investigating judge ruled Friday that he (Mourad O.) must remain locked up another 3 days on suspicion of preparing a "serious crime". The detectives are still very busy trying to determine what precisely his aim was when he was noticeably following the armored car in which John van den Heuvel was being transported from Amsterdam in the direction of Utrecht. The incident is still surrounded in mystery.
The last conviction of Mourad O. was for the alleged robbery from a cannabis farm. Much farther back in time, he was sitting in an auto linked to a serious crime.
Mourad O. knows several players in the periphery around Ridouan Taghi, but it is still not clear if he played any serious roles in the milieu around (Taghi).
He also has a legal company to his name in the Utrecht neighborhood of Ondiep. The company installs charging stations for electric vehicles. His (circle of friends) say they cannot imagine that he would want to do anything to John van den Heuvel and think that he "was stupidly tailgating," says an insider.
Because Mourad O. is "under restrictions" and can have no contact with the outside world, the Public Prosecutor is not answering questions. His attorney, Veerle Hammerstein, for the same reason, can say nothing.
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