Dutch police offer record €2m reward for drug lord Jos Leijdekkers

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Dutch authorities have put up a record reward of €2 million for information leading to the arrest of Jos Leijdekkers. Leijdekkers was convicted in absentia of cocaine smuggling. He is believed to be hiding in Sierra Leone. The size of the bounty marks an unusually large sum offered in the Netherlands in pursuit of a suspected drug trafficker. The reward is intended to encourage tips that could lead to his capture.

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