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Drunken Brit drives stolen car on Dutch runway
A drunken British man was arrested Tuesday after driving a stolen car on an Amsterdam airport runway “for a few minutes”, police said. The unnamed passenger headed home for Christmas had pushed an emergency exit button at one of Schiphol airport’s gates, stumbled onto the tarmac and stole a car…
Dutch customs confiscated hundreds of tarantulas
Dutch customs confiscated hundreds of poisonous tarantulas on a flight from Peru after discovering them hidden in a suitcase, officials said Wednesday. “Customs at Schiphol airport found 200 live tarantulas and an assortment of other insects including bugs, crickets, grasshoppers and millipedes,” customs officials said in a statement, issued by…
UPDATE: ‘Miscommunication’ triggers hijack alert at Amsterdam
[Edit. Note: This story was updated from a previous version.] Dutch authorities scrambled fighter jets Wednesday after an alert over a feared hijacking of an airliner but it turned out to be a false alarm that officials blamed on “miscommunication.” Two F-16 warplanes were sent up to escort the Vueling…
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