The Dutch prosecution service asked, and Colombia detained, in recent days, two Dutchmen, 36 and 65, in Cali and Medellín. They are suspected of large-scale cocaine trafficking. Two distinct Dutch inquiries, opened in 2026. Detentions. Not a conviction. Dump NOS.

Dutch police: Friday in Cali, Monday in Medellín, at the Netherlands’ request. The 36-year-old is said to have been at the loading of containers and at sales. The 65-year-old, at the paperwork, covering loads. Sky ECC, encrypted phones; intercepted messages. Years, from South America to Europe, police and the OM say. That is a reading of the messages. It is not a verdict.

NOS does not name them. The Colombian Fiscalía, through Agencia PI and El Tiempo: Ronny Haleber and Ulrich Van Dinter, on Interpol red notices. Haleber, the loads from Cali to Buenaventura, towards the Netherlands and Belgium, via Curaçao. Van Dinter, legal goods “contaminated” at airports and ports. Two roles. Two names. Do not glue them to the ages in the Dutch statement if the Dutch source does not.

The file is not closed. Devices seized, under the National Office. Extradition, not yet decided. AD wrote that Colombia is preparing the handover. The Fiscalía: it will make the communications for requests. Preparation. Not a handover.

Six Dutchmen, this year already, also in Colombia, also on National Office lines. That is the background. It is not today’s pair. Two files. Two cities. Do not mix them.

Dump NOS. The rewrite rests on NOS and the Dutch police.

Image: Palacio de Justicia, La Alpujarra, Medellín, 24 April 2018, Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The courthouse, not the arrest site.

Sources consulted: Opnieuw twee Nederlanders aangehouden in Colombia — Politie Nederland.