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SMN News in its report early Friday morning stated that the former Member of Parliament was released Thursday night in order for him to go home and get his firearms licence and report back to the Landsrecherche Friday morning. When SMN News contacted press prosecutor Tineke Kamps on Friday morning she said Romain Laville was still in custody and was undergoing interogation.Press Prosecutor Tineke Kamps confirmed that Laville was arrested on Thursday by detectives of the Landsrecherche. He is suspected of making gun threats against Isodore York on November 28, 2012, and gun threats against Jules James on June 11, 2012 and the possession of fire-arms. Prosecutor Kamps said when Laville was arrested the detectives confiscated two firearms during the arrest. Laville she said remains in custody and now under interrogation.
On Friday afternoon when SMN News contacted Kamps for an update on whether or not the former MP will remain in police custody and if the fireams the police confiscated were licenced firearms Kamps said in an email which reads "We recently heard from the detectives of the Landsrecherche that Laville was released from his pretrial detention yesterday night! At this point we are investigating if he had a valid authorization for the firearms." It is rather unfortunate that the Prosecutors Office released incorrect information even though they were provided with the information SMN News recieved prior to publishing this article.
