The Rotterdam court has provisionally released the Surinamese drug lord Piet Wortel. In the case, W. is suspected of two liquidations and involvement in large-scale cocaine trafficking. The Rotterdam court sees insufficient evidence to keep Wortel in pre-trial detention any longer. He remains suspicious. Lawyer Ruud van Boom asked the judge to lift the pre-trial detention because there is no evidence, except 'gossip'. For example, there is anonymous information that professional football player Quincy Promes would have done business with W.