Interesting that so many fellow Dutch people being surprised "that kind of stuff can happen over here". They seem to forget we're the main worldwide exporter of XTC and a huge distributor for other drugs.
the sentiment I've heard a lot is people see the drugs as a business and the violent, ruthless sides of it are something that mostly happens in Latin America like you see on "Narcos".
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That's ignoring the modern refinement of drugs into far more powerful substances than they were even 50 years ago.
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6056224/politie-ontdekt-drugsla...
More and more Latin American criminals directly involved here as well. If anybody is still surprised about this they haven't been paying much attention the last decade or two.