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Klaas Bruinsma was born on 6 October, 1953 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a Dutch drug lord (1953–1991). Discover Klaas Bruinsma's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?

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Occupation Drug lord
Age 37 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 6 October, 1953
Birthday 6 October
Birthplace Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 27 June, 1991
Died Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1953

Klaas Bruinsma (6 October 1953 – 27 June 1991) was a major Dutch drug lord.

1970

He was arrested for the first time in 1970 at the age of sixteen.

1974

In 1974, he opted to forgo attending college in order to dedicate himself to the drug trade full-time.

Thea Moear became his main business partner and together they set up an organization.

Thea is the daughter of a Dutch mobster and a Singaporean heroin smuggler.

While Bruinsma was mainly involved with the purchase, transport and distribution of the merchandise, Moear managed the finances.

She kept track of income and expenses and was also responsible for paying individuals who were hired to get rid of people who were not following instructions.

1976

In 1976, Bruinsma was convicted but was later released in 1977.

Upon his release, he changed his identity to Frans van Arkel, nicknamed Lange Frans.

He also hired professional kickboxer André Brilleman as his head of security and personal bodyguard after his release from prison.

1978

In 1978, he hired Etienne Urka as an extra bodyguard.

Urka would later go on to become second in command and Bruinsma's right-hand man.

By this time, Bruinsma expanded his smuggling operations branching out to Germany, Belgium, France and Scandinavia.

1979

In 1979, Bruinsma was convicted once again, this time for organizing a large hashish transport from Pakistan.

However, he wanted to right his previous wrong from 1979, and planned to transport 45 tons of hashish from Pakistan into Holland, a much larger amount than what he was arrested for previously.

The shipment had a street value of 400 million Dutch guilders (US$200 million at the time).

This operation was dubbed "The Big Mountain" by Bruinsma and his close associates.

However, the operation was unsuccessful and the shipment was seized upon arrival in the Netherlands.

After the failure of the operation, Bruinsma started using cocaine and began extorting other Dutch criminals.

Bruinsma and his gang often hung out at the Amsterdam luxury brothel Yab Yum.

1980

By the end of the 1980s, Bruinsma became the largest drug trader in European history.

His organization was generating around a million Dutch guilders per day (roughly US$500,000 at that time).

Given his large success, Bruinsma was contemplating retirement to dedicate himself to his passion and hobby of sailing.

1982

He was released in 1982.

1983

In 1983, he was involved in a shoot out, after some members of his organization decided to steal large stock piles of hashish and go into business for themselves.

He shot several people and was also wounded himself.

1984

In 1984, he was sentenced to five years in prison but he later appealed successfully and the sentence was reduced to three years.

During his prison sentence, Bruinsma's father, who was battling cancer, visited him and died shortly after.

1987

After his release in 1987, Bruinsma restructured his drug organization and branched out into hotels, casinos, gaming, brothels, and other "legitimate" forms of business.

Etienne Urka replaced Thea Moear as Bruinsma's main business partner, a new division for exploitation of gambling machines was formed under the supervision of Sam Klepper and John Mieremet, and Roy Adkins was appointed leader of the drug division.

During this period, André Brilleman was accused of theft; he was brutally murdered by Hugo Ferrol, a competing hashish trader and Thea Moear's husband, and his body was encased in concrete and dumped in the river Waal.

1991

He was shot dead on 27 June 1991 by organized crime member and former police officer Martin Hoogland.

He was known as "De Lange" ("the tall one") and also as "De Dominee" ("the pastor") because of his black clothing and his habit of lecturing others.

Klaas Bruinsma was born in Amsterdam as the second child of Anton Bruinsma, a Dutch entrepreneur and Gwendolyn Theresa Mary Kelly, a British homemaker.

He attended the "De Blauwe Reiger" kindergarten in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid and then the Spartaschool, also in Oud-Zuid.

His parents divorced when he was seven years old.

From that point forward, his father's housekeeper took over the responsibilities of raising Klaas and his siblings.

Klaas' father was the founder of the Dutch soda drink manufacturer Raak.

He would make Klaas and his three siblings clean the bottles from the factory on Sundays.

During his high school years, Bruinsma started using hashish and later selling it himself.