Netherlands police bust country's largest cocaine lab at ex-riding stables

Police seize drugs valued at up to 6m and arrest at least 17 suspects at stables

At least 17 people are in custody in the Netherlands after police raided a former riding stables that had been transformed into the country's largest ever illicit drugs laundry" capable of producing up to 200kg of cocaine a day.

Thirteen of those detained were Colombian nationals, police said on Tuesday. Three Dutch citizens - including the 64-year-old owner of the stables, in the northern village of Nijeveen - and one Turkish suspect were also arrested.