An Albert Heijn supermarket in Kaatsheuvel has become the first in the country to ban cash transactions after 6pm.

Branch manager Piet den Hartog told local paper BN/De Stem he hoped the measure would reduce the risk of an armed robbery. ‘The less cash we have, the smaller the chance of a robbery,’ he was quoted as saying.
A spokesman for the supermarket group said there are no plans to take the ban nationwide. The store is run by a franchisee and it is up to him what steps he takes, the spokesman said.