OM: confiscated gold Venlo was not gold after all | Inland

“During the search, the OM relied on the advice of two experts who stated – after testing the metal – that it was gold,” the OM said in a statement. “However, a closer investigation by the NFI showed that it was not gold but other metals.” What kind of metals, a spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service could not say.

Lawyer Marcel Heuvelmans questioned the confiscated gold immediately after the raid. “My client has responded with surprise,” he said at the time. According to him, it is mostly brass.

In the raid, the police, FIOD and Public Prosecution Service (OM) seized more than a million euros on cash, real estate, cars and watches. This seizure will be maintained, as will the money laundering suspicion, according to the OM. “Investigations into money laundering and environmental violations are ongoing and ongoing,” said the spokeswoman. “The main suspect is currently still in police custody for violation of gun possession, handling and possession of drugs.”

According to the Public Prosecution Service, the company did collect waste for recycling, but that was not done enough, so that the waste piled up to a height of more than 10 meters. As a result, some of the waste fell on an adjacent site. This includes scrap, lead, zinc, copper, electric motors and transformers.

The FIOD and police seized three homes, administration, hundreds of kilos of metal, 450,000 euros in cash, cars including a Maserati, Ferrari and a Porsche, and seventeen expensive watches. Investigation services also found stolen goods such as metal plates. In addition, the Defense Explosives Clearance Service had to dismantle a container with obsolete ammunition and mortars.

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