14 years imprisonment demanded against man who ordered liquidation via Snapchat

News report | 10-12-2025 | 14:16

Police and justice observed that more and more assignments to cause explosions, to retrieve drugs, or even to commit murders are being posted online by brokers or violence brokers. To get a handle on this, an investigation started in April 2024. During that investigation, it was seen that a Snapchat user offered jobs, such as committing a home robbery. The police responded to one of those jobs.

Liquidation

Sometime later, the policeman active on the internet receives another message from this person. He is offered two jobs: a robbery and a liquidation. Because the police still want to know who this Snapchat user is, they take the last job. 60,000 euros would be paid for it.

When the liquidation seems to really go ahead, a group chat is started with three participants, including the police officer. A police team watches the action together with the public prosecutor. The officer arranges to meet someone who would deliver the weapon. He receives a description of how he looks and hears that he would have the key to the getaway car. The getaway car would have gasoline inside to set the car on fire afterwards.

This 24-year-old man is spotted by other officers and arrested with a firearm. Several car keys were found at his arrest. The car was later found and turned out to be a stolen SEAT with three gasoline cans in the back.

Scary

The action does not stop, however. The policeman tells the client that he has the firearm and receives an address where the intended victim would live and a photo of the intended victim. Quick police investigation leads to the identification of the intended victim, who is taken off the street by order of the public prosecutor.

A day later, the client is arrested. He is the one who says in the chats that someone must be shot in the head and that if there is proof that he is dead, payment will be made. The public prosecutor: “It is scary to be able to see all this happen live. Fortunately, the intended shooter is not the shooter, but a police officer.”

Multiple offenses

In addition to this fact, the man is also suspected of two attempted armed robberies and one armed robbery that actually took place. “That no deaths or injuries occurred is lucky and certainly not thanks to him. These crimes were committed in busy residential areas and the suspects/performers did not hesitate to go out on the street with weapons,” said the prosecutor.

Procedural agreements

The Public Prosecution Service, together with his lawyer, has made procedural agreements with the man who was previously arrested by the police with the weapon. The public prosecutor: “He is not the one who gave the order for the murder, but he is the one who observed the intended victim for several days, came to the scene with a firearm, (keys for) the getaway car, and was together with the police intending to actually carry out the liquidation.” The Public Prosecution Service and the defense have agreed on a prison sentence of 32 months.