Crypto phone and ski mask found in back of motorway chase suspect’s car

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Criminal journalist John van den Heuvel was reportedly chased on Thursday by motorcycles and possibly a second car. A driver was arrested on the same day on the A2 between Maarssen and Breukelen due to the threatening situation. Police found a ski mask and several phones, including an encrypted phone in the suspect’s car, Van den Heuvel said on the RTL Boulevard television show on Saturday.

“My bodyguards felt like two motorcycles were already following us from Amsterdam,” said Van den Heuvel. The forensic reporter said a fast car had arrived, and then possibly another. According to Van den Heuvel, even after an indication to keep the distance, the vehicle continued to roll just behind them. He rushed to the neighboring building of the National Police Unit in Driebergen.

The criminal reporter said he was shocked. “I don’t immediately think of an attack, but I find it strange. The objects found in the car and the suspect’s background are not very reassuring,” the reporter said.

A 36-year-old man from Utrecht is suspected of preparing a felony carrying a prison sentence of eight years or more. He appeared in the file of the vast process of liquidation Marengo around the main suspect Ridouan Taghi according to various media. The suspect’s name was Mourad O. He was questioned as a witness in connection with the investigation in the spring of 2021, during which he invoked his right to remain silent.

The suspect’s attorney, Veerl Hammerstein, said on Saturday he was unaware Van den Heuvel was in the car. According to her, he was driving too fast and “maybe too close to the cars”. According to Hammerstein, his client said he came from work all along. He reportedly stopped immediately after a police stop. “He cooperated with the investigation. No illegal goods were found in his car,” said the lawyer.

Van den Heuvel is under security protection due to his work with De Telegraaf. At the end of 2018, he was too in danger to work for three months at RTL Boulevard, where he was investigating criminal cases. After the murder of his colleague Peter R. de Vries last summer, he was no longer on the show for a while.

De Vries’ murder could be linked to his role as confidential adviser to a key witness in the Marengo trial. Earlier, the brother and diaper of crown witness Nabil B. were also murdered.

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