owners plead innocence

Box found with ‘hidden hills blueberry belts’ reason for closure of petrol shop TinQ Oosterwolde

Burgemeester Jack Werkman van de gemeente Ooststellingwerf heeft de bemande shop bij het TinQ-tankstation in Oosterwolde voor drie maanden gesloten.
Het TinQ-tankstation aan de 't Oost in Oosterwolde zelf blijft open, maar de shop is voor drie maanden gesloten na de vondst van een hoeveelheid harddrugs. Foto: Google Street View, 2025

Mayor Jack Werkman of Ooststellingwerf municipality has closed the manned shop at the TinQ petrol station in Oosterwolde for three months. Reason is the discovery by police in the premises on the ‘t Oost of a box of drugs. The owner claims innocence in a letter on the door of the petrol shop.

This is reported by several Frisian media. The products found by police during an inspection of the petrol station and associated property on 4 December were a trade stock of ‘hidden hills blueberry belts’. These are classified as hard drugs by the municipality.

The owners of the petrol shop, in a letter on the door of the petrol shop, informed that the box was part of a received batch of trade and was never meant to be sold. According to them, the products can be freely ordered online. ‘We thank you for your loyal patronage and hopefully see you in the future,’ it also read.

Fireworks and vapes

Supervisors found illegal fireworks at the same tank location last year. Therefore, the mayor imposed an order under penalty earlier this year. In addition, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) observed the sale of illegal vapes several times in 2025. The purpose of the inspection on 4 December was to check whether fireworks were stored or vapes were sold again. No fireworks or vapes were found during this check, but a trade quantity of drugs was thus found.

The TinQ petrol station itself remains open.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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