Spanish police have been searching for him on the island of Ibiza since last November. They had received a tip from their Dutch colleagues that Errol HV, the mastermind of the biggest attack in their country, could be hiding there. It wasn’t easy to find him. The man they were tracking did not have his own home and did not appear to be 59 years old. He was also not interested in money or luxury items typical of a robber of his level.
In fact, in recent months there have been attempts to earn a few euros by volunteering on the island. walking the dogsdo tinkering and odd jobs in towns and even masseuse / physiotherapistAs learned by Prensa Ibérica’s investigative and events channel CASO ABIERTO.
Agents of the Fugitive Location Group confirmed that he was staying somewhere. the villa where some of his friends live. And when they saw him leaving the house on the afternoon of February 6, they decided to arrest him. They followed him for several kilometers and cornered him. The most famous thief in the Netherlands Co-driver seat A car driven by a young woman with whom he was in a friendly relationship.
Netherlands’ biggest robbery
Errol HV was the mastermind of the biggest robbery in Dutch history. On February 25, 2005, he and his gang robbed an armored van of the KLM airline. Schiphol airport, in Amsterdam. they took jewelery and diamonds worth more than 65 million euro. Dutch police have recovered some of the loot and arrested several of those involved, but around 40 million euros are still missing and no one knows where they are.
Have Errol was arrested in Valencia in 2017. Later his six other companions (four men and two women) crashed in Amsterdam. He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in 2021 but was released pending sentencing. In October 2023, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed the sentence, but he could no longer answer to justice.
During the investigation, which has been carried out in Ibiza since last November, the police confirmed Errol’s claims. Interviews with an audiovisual platform The person who offered him to shoot a series about his life. Agents even watched in case professionals came to the island to start shooting with him, but that did not happen. I also bought it last month another proposal to write a book about their adventures. The second can be done from prison.