Calls to crime hot-line have risen
Calls to the anonymous crime hot-line M increased by 13% in 2011, to 13,350 tips. This resulted in 1,600 arrests, the M foundation announced on Tuesday.
The hot-line received 2,523 serious tips about violent crimes, such as the murder of a girl in Spijkenisse and the football riots in Utrecht. Most tips (7,590) were about drug dealing. The rest concerned robberies, weapon ownership and physical violence.
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