Tommy is on the national search list, who is this elusive drug lord?

EINDHOVEN – At the police intelligence unit they listen in November 2009 interested when someone from the 'environment' come to report. Tommy van der Sommen would do something with drugs. Something with grass, speed and the xtc. But it remains rather dark. Also after there are some tips inside but apparently nothing hard with which the police can do anything.

Until the summer of 2012. Then the information of the underworld is so concrete that the national prosecutor decides to open an investigation. Code name: Gutenberg. But again it is difficult. Telephone faucets do not deliver much.

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Interception material
Investigators therefore decide to 39, a bold and ambitious plan. They notice that Tommy in his father 's Eindhoven antiques shop has agreements with possibly criminals. Secretly install hidden listening devices that record conversations.

In addition, agents film, photograph, follow with markers and visualize all his life. This makes it more and more visible and clear. During this listening, the agents hear that Tommy is addressed with: "Hey leader" or someone who calls him "the boss". They have a bite of the police.

Make Money
The agents also discover that for years he rents a house for 2500 euros per month and pays in cash. Tommy and his partner pay more money, as in December 2010 when they go on holiday in Dubai, for about 8000 euros.

There is still a lot more money in its environment: 19 transports of cash, to go underground bank. At least 800,000 euros are laundered.

Flowers as cover
Also a flower shop in the Best enters the scene. Apparently, the company deals with England, but not only in the flowers. In the spring of 2014, British Customs intercepts two loads of tens of kilos of speed and xtc as well as coke.

Admittedly, five drug transports are exported to England, with loads of 48 kilos of xtc and 36 kilos of speed. And also once 15 kilos of xtc pills and 10 kilos of coke.

We are the cannaclub & # 39;
In addition, there are at least nine deliveries of weeds. Words like "pens" and "kilos" are under pressure. During one of the discussions, they hear Tommy say, "We are the cannaclub" (the cannabis club, ed.). The net closes around the Eindhovenaar.

On the outside, the gang is cautious, as are other drug criminals: cars on behalf of another, prepaid phones and appointments in different institutions restoration. They also use jammers to counter the police.

Where is Tommy?

If enough incriminating evidence has been collected, a day of action will follow on 23 September 2014 with a series of raids and arrests: in private homes, barns and warehouses in Eindhoven and Best, among others. In the latter place, the police find a tablet machine. But from Tommy, no trace. Also in his house in Malaga (Spain) no.

Later and again today, the spectacular story is that the "policeman" Mark M. warned him to flee. But during the trial around the "mole" which is barely on the agenda. There seems to be little evidence of this accusation, but it is certainly not excluded.

Incomprehensible
When the process begins, there is a group of about 14 suspects who appear at the Den Bosch Courthouse. The highest punishment is for Maurice B. Tommy's right hand, he is ten years old, just like an accomplice in England. More than Tommy. He hears 12 years against himself but gets nine. His father Wim two.

"An organization that works well" calls the court Tommy's drug gang. And a band in which Tommy – as a real boss – was excluded from the scene and others did renovate the dirty job. The court also reports in the verdict that the police investigation revealed "just a tip" to Tommy's years of illegal activities. Even then, Tommy, now 36, was already difficult to manage, just like now.

Date Added: Wednesday 25 July 2018 – 18:09
Modified: Wednesday 25 July 2018 – 19:02
Author: Willem-Jan Joachems