Dutch police investigate family living in isolation on farm
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch authorities are trying to piece together the story of a family found living isolated from the outside world in the rural east of the Netherlands.
Mayor Roger de Groot said Tuesday that the six-member family is believed to have lived for nine years on a farm in Ruinerwold, 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Amsterdam.
De Groot says police are investigating the family, which includes adults ages 18-25.
Local police said in a tweet that officers visited the farm after being alerted by somebody "concerned about the living conditions" of its residents.
Police say they arrested a 58-year-old man who rented the property, but it was not immediately clear why.
The mayor says police found "a number of improvised rooms where a family lived a withdrawn life."