Dutch police arrest 6 men, uncover makeshift torture chamber

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Mike Corder, Associated Press
Updated 11:45 am CDT, Tuesday, July 7, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed “torture chamber” complete with a dentist's chair, tools including pliers and scalpels and handcuffs, a high ranking officer announced Tuesday.

Authorities said police conducted the raid before the torture chamber could be used and alerted potential victims, who went into hiding.

The grisly discovery was made last month by officers investigating leads generated by data from encrypted phones used by criminals that were cracked recently by French police. Detectives in Britain and the Netherlands have already arrested hundreds of suspects based on the encrypted messages.

Tuesday’s announcement gave a chilling insight into the increasingly violent Dutch criminal underworld, which is involved in the large scale production and trafficking of drugs.



Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Dutch-police-arrest-6-men-uncover-makeshift-15390819.php

[Sanity Claws]

1. Lord, this gives me the shivers.

[Mike 03]

2. The stuff of nightmares

There's a picture of the chamber at the link.

[lapfog_1]

3. dentist chair....

"Is it safe?"
"Is it SAFE?"

[IronLionZion]

4. Sounds like the Hostel movie

I won't be traveling anywhere for a while

[Duppers]

5. Torture who, for what purpose?

I thought drugs are legal in the Netherlands...?

[BigmanPigman]

7. They found cocaine and crystal meth

and firearms.

[Turbineguy]

6. The aptly named "Kraag"

Translation: "Collar".