Speakers with baby crying in waste container: emergency services tricked | Inland

The first report was Friday afternoon in a container at the Sanne van Havelteplein. On Saturday morning, the Van Stolberglaan was hit again. Police have confiscated the speakers and are investigating how they ended up here.

The fire brigade removed many bags of household waste from the containers before the perpetrators were found. “We take it very seriously when there are reports of crying baby noises,” the police spokeswoman said. “These are not things you joke about.”

Police are calling on people to report if they see anything suspicious around the containers.

At the beginning of this year, a newborn girl was found in an underground garbage container in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. A woman heard the baby’s cry as she threw away her garbage bags. The fire brigade managed to get the child, who was in a large yellow Jumbo shopping bag, out of the container. The police were able to arrest the minor parents a few days later. In August, police in Germany arrested a woman suspected of leaving her baby in a dumpster in 2014 as well.

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