ADE Attendee Says He Was "Awake for Days" Before Being Restrained at Hospital

A 34-year-old man attending the 2026 Amsterdam Dance Event was restrained by officers at a hospital after turning aggressive in an ambulance in Haarlem, according to Haarlem105.Police found him lying in the street on the Gedempte Oude Gracht around 9:30am Sunday, the last day of ADE’s 30th anniversary edition.

He was reportedly unresponsive at first but could talk briefly once officers reached him.“The man was clearly under the influence but could still tell us that he had been to ADE and had used GHB, XTC and coke there, among other things, and had not slept for several days,” Haarlem Centrum police officer Nico van Stenis wrote in an Instagram post.

The man still had hospital stickers on his chest, van Stenis added.“The officers thought they were giving him a ride home, but he started spacing out badly again in the car, so they believed he had to go to the hospital,” a police spokesperson told Haarlem105.

Ambulance staff called to the scene agreed.The officer wrote that the man was wrecking the ambulance, so the officers rushed to the hospital.

They reportedtly brought him under control and tied him to a bed so he could receive medical care.He was also ticketed for causing a nuisance under the APV, the general local ordinance set by Dutch municipalities, the spokesperson said....