It seems that John van den Heuvel had been chased by motor scooters and possibly a second fast car for a while on Thursday. On Thursday, a man was arrested in a car on the A2 between Maarssen and Breukelen because of a threatening situation around the crime reporter. A balaclava and several telephones, including a crypto telephone, were found in the suspect’s car. That is what Van den Heuvel said on Saturday in the TV program RTL Boulevard.

“The impression with my security officers was that we were already being followed from Amsterdam by two motor scooters,” said Van den Heuvel. He was very shocked, he said. “The things found in the car and the background of the suspect are not very reassuring.”

According to the crime reporter, the 36-year-old man from Utrecht who is in custody appears in the file of the extensive liquidation process Marengo.

The Public Prosecution Service suspects the man of preparing a crime that carries a prison sentence of eight years or more. He was brought before the examining magistrate of the Amsterdam court on Friday afternoon. He ruled that he should remain in jail.