Convicted Drug Criminal Jan G. Fled Village After Deadly Attack

Convicted drug criminal Jan G. remained in Overasselt for nearly twelve hours following a violent armed assault at his home on September 1, 2024, in which a security guard was killed, according to an investigation published by nos.nl.

The Armed Assault in Overasselt

The sequence of events began around four o’clock in the morning on September 1, 2024, when the 28-year-old Jan G. woke up to the alarm of his surveillance system at his chalet on the Ewijkseweg. Camera footage showed a group of more than thirty heavily armed men arriving at the property. Earlier that evening, three members of the same group had attempted to break in at a nearby house on the Honingklaver, where a brother-in-law of Jan G. resides. Alerted by the cameras, G. fled with his partner and their two young children through a rear exit, hiding in the bushes near the edge of a meadow. Meanwhile, the armed assailants reached the residence on the Ewijkseweg, where one of them shot and killed a security guard named Berry who was sitting in his car. G. had hired Berry through a security service just two days prior after two suspicious individuals were spotted walking past the property.

Confrontation with Police and Undercover Hideout

Shortly after the fatal shooting of the security guard, two responding police officers were fired upon and sustained severe injuries, prompting a massive emergency response and a manhunt for the thirty-plus suspects. nos.nl reported that G. and his family were picked up by an acquaintance and transported to a house less than 1,200 meters away from the Ewijkseweg. Police officers arrived at G.’s original home and spoke with his mother, while his father—also a convicted drug criminal—refused to cooperate from a nearby shed, telling officers to go away. While emergency services and police swarmed the neighborhood, G. remained hidden with his family nearby, unaware that the fleeing suspects were running right past the area where he was sheltered. Late in the afternoon, a taxi arrived to pick up G. and his family, and they departed the village.

Arrest in Germany and Legal Proceedings

Following the attack, the municipality closed the property on the Ewijkseweg for one year and issued a local restraining order against G. A video surfaced online showing criminals demanding compensation from G. for a lost shipment of 1,283 kilograms of cocaine. G., his family, his parents, and two brothers-in-law vanished from the village, and animals on the property were moved to boarding facilities after police thoroughly searched the premises. On September 18, 2024, German authorities arrested G. on the A44 highway near Sachsen-Anhalt at the request of the Netherlands, suspecting him of involvement in cocaine importation via the port of Dunkirk. G. remains held in a German cell awaiting extradition and subsequent trial proceedings in Den Bosch.