They are on a mission to shut down Bouman’s drug laboratories and put an end to his illegal activities. The first is Bob Lemmens, played by Tom Waes, and the second is Kim De Rooij, who is portrayed by Anna Drijver. There are two undercover agents in the show. Jan Theys, the producer, was also shocked when she first learnt of the prominent role that Belgium and the Netherlands hold in the drug smuggling network.
Apparently, there was a lab fire and these scientists also found a recipe for the drug written in Chinese. This show has taught a lot of people that the usually quiet Dutch-speaking countries actually contribute massively to the global drug trade. In the very first episode, Limburg, an agricultural area, for the most part, is actually referred to as “Colombia but for Ecstasy.” Moreover, Nico revealed that the beginning scene with the Chinese scientists (and the sausages) was also a story that he read in an article somewhere. He told Variety, “First I wanted to tell an undercover story, then we went to look for a good case for our fictional characters to work on, and we discovered this backdrop of Limburg as one of the ecstasy capitals of the world.”
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The best way to describe the series would a fictional retelling of certain genuine events, as stated by Nico Moolenaar, the creator and writer of the show.
However, he was given an early release in 2015. For his criminal activities, the man was sentenced to 14 years. Janus lived in a chalet in Lommel, Belgium, and was arrested by two undercover agents. The character of Ferry Bouman, played by Frank Lammers, is also loosely based on him. The story is inspired by the arrest of Janus van W, a big-time drug lord from the Netherlands. Yes, Undercover is based on a true story.
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