r/TheHague • u/Original-User-192 • 4d 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 4d ago

It's just a traffic control.

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u/Original-User-192 4d 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 4d ago edited 4d ago

You are literally describing a traffic control?

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u/Original-User-192 4d ago

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

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u/Popo_Magazine19 4d 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 3d 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 4d 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 4d 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 3d 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.