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larger amount than what he was arrested for previously. The shipment had a street value of 400 million Dutch guilders (US$ 200 million at the time). This operation was dubbed "The Big
Mountain" by Bruinsma and his close associates. However, the operation was unsuccessful and the shipment was seized upon arrival in the Netherlands. After the failure of the operation, Bruinsma started using cocaine and began extorting other Dutch criminals.
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per day (roughly US$ 500,000 at that time). Given his large success, Bruinsma was contemplating retirement to dedicate himself to his passion and hobby of sailing. However, he wanted to right his previous wrong from 1979, and planned to transport 45 tons of hashish from
Pakistan into Holland, a much
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smuggler. While
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and then the
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After his release in 1987, Bruinsma restructured his drug organization and branched out into hotels, casinos, gaming, brothels, and other "legitimate" forms of business. Etienne Urka replaced Thea Moear as
Bruinsma's main business partner, a new division for exploitation of gambling machines was
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and later selling it himself. He was arrested for the first time in 1970 at the age of sixteen. In 1974, he opted to forgo attending college in order to dedicate himself to the drug trade full-time. Thea Moear became his main business partner and together they set up an organization. Thea is the
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Bruinsma. Because of this, the Dutch government decided not to request permission of parliament for the marriage, causing Prince Friso to lose his claim to the Dutch throne after his marriage to Princess Mabel.
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was appointed leader of the drug division. During this period, André Brilleman was accused of theft; he was brutally murdered by Hugo Ferrol, a competing hashish trader and Thea Moear's husband, and his body was encased in concrete and dumped in the river
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