A veteran of the Penoze John Heinen (60) from Sint-Willebrord was arrested in Scheveningen for drug trafficking, along with six other suspects. The others are between 42 and 60 years old and come from Rotterdam, The Hague and Scheveningen. It happened already on December 20, but there was a good reason to keep it quiet. According to the newspaper, the police had infiltrated the group and 60 kilos of cocaine, four firearms and 300,000 euros of cash had been found in house searches. We know him of the York gang, in the 90s major players in synthetic drugs who worked with the Israelis in Amsterdam.
In a large Belgian-Dutch investigation into the production and trade of synthetic drugs, 19 suspects were arrested, including five Dutch. Among them is John Heinen who would have led the network.
