WILLEMSTAD - With the recent arrest of Mariens Mariano, the drug robbery from the Rio Canario police station seems to be an internal job. This week, a former police officer was arrested in the Netherlands.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, he is the mastermind of the theft of 600 kilos of cocaine. Mariano was previously detained in October 2019, but released again.
A total of eight arrests have been made in this case. Three of them have been released again, but remain suspects in this case. Five others are still in custody.