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Subsequently, they were kidnapped on 9 November 1983 at 18:56 in front of Heineken's office at the Weteringplantsoen in Amsterdam. They were detained for three weeks in a Quonset hut , belonging to Boellaard's wood manufacturing company, at business park De Heining in Westpoort , in the western part of the Amsterdam harbour area.
During the abduction, Van Hout collaborated with Willem Holleeder, Frans Meijer, Martin Erkamps and Jan Boellaard. The five men abducted Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer in front of Heineken's office on 9 November 1983, after which they held the two men for a period of three weeks in a Quonset hut in Westpoort, a part of Amsterdam, demanding a 35 million guilders ransom for Heineken.
Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and released on payment of a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders (around 15,800,000 euros or 17,332,600 US dollars). The kidnappers – Cor van Hout , Willem Holleeder , Jan Boellaard, Frans Meijer, and Martin Erkamps – were eventually caught and served prison terms.
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Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch gangster, outlaw biker and convicted criminal. He is nicknamed De Neus (The Nose) because of the size of his nose.. In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken for a 35-million-gulden (approximately €16 million, or US$19.5 million) ransom.