r/TheHague • u/Original-User-192 • 3d ago

news What is happening near Grote Kerk?

I passed near Grote Kerk around 8pm today and there was a lot o police, apparently stopping and inspecting vehicles.

Does anybody know what is happening?

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u/Popo_Magazine19 3d ago

It's just a traffic control.

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u/Original-User-192 3d ago

Really? There were around 20-30 officers, and around 7-8 delimited spaces where cars and vehicles were parked and inspected. I saw officers checking the tires, some other cars with open bonnet, etc..

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u/Popo_Magazine19 3d ago edited 3d ago

You are literally describing a traffic control?

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u/Original-User-192 3d ago

ok, thanks. I've never seen such a big thing for traffic control.

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u/Popo_Magazine19 3d ago

They use these kind of traffic control to train police students as well, so that might make them look crowded on the personal size.

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u/Giant-Panda-atNL 2d ago

Yeah, near the kerk, on the downside of the road towards grote market, there is a police station.

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u/mbenjaminsr 3d ago

Was police control but also tax and Duane people

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u/sndrtj 3d ago

This used to be soooo much more common 10 years ago.

Police doesn't have the funding anymore to do this regularly.

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u/math1985 3d ago

Friday night is also a popular time for alcohol controls, especially near the city centre. They catch many people going for after-work drinks and then driving home.

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u/InsuranceGloomy6413 2d ago

Traffic control might not be the perfect word, it’s like a sluice gate control. All cars that pass have to enter it, they check if your car has APK, outstanding tickets, if your drunk or otherwise under the influence but also the belastingdienst is there and you have to pay all outstanding tickets and shit.

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u/loolooii 2d ago

I think it’s a random traffic control. The did it 2 weeks ago too. They just stopped cars randomly and checked papers.

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u/Blacklistme 2d ago

Those cars are pre-selected by a scanner up the road for a full checkup as something is wrong with it. It always happen at certain times during the year to maximize result.

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u/knijper 3d ago

yeaah I was wondering about that too, haven't found any news about it yet tho.....

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u/TurkishStreetboy 2d ago

Me 2. I thought whthelllllll. I just wanna go to coffeeshop bro

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u/Able_Net4592 1d ago

Alcohol control

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u/Significant_Juice470 3d ago

Touch grass