The Dutch police arrested the 67-year-old man on charges of depriving them of their freedom after they were found living in a tunnel for nine years.

The man also allegedly harmed the health of the remaining six family members and laundered money after they were discovered in the basement of a farm near Ruinerwold village, Drenthe province, Dutch police. said in a statement on October 17.

He was the second suspect arrested in the incident. Earlier, a 58-year-old Austrian man who hired the farm was arrested and arrested by a judge for 14 days.

The family was discovered after the eldest son escaped, went to a local bar to drink beer, and revealed his life. He said he lived with his siblings at the farm, had never been to school and had not been to the barbershop for nine years. Police raided the farm and discovered a staircase hidden behind a closet in the living room leading to the basement where the family is staying.

They said the group "claimed to form a family", with the suspect being his father and the remaining six young people thought to be his children. They believe the six were detained in the basement and are investigating whether the incident is related to a certain religion.

"We are dealing with a special situation in this case. These people may have lived together in the house since 2010, separate from society," the statement said.

In addition, three other people claimed to be the children of a 67-year-old man who said they had left the family 8 years ago and did not know anything about the other members. Dutch media said the family belonged to an apocalyptic sect and was hiding "waiting for the end of the world".

According to local TV channel RTV Drenthe, the man who rented the farm, Josef B, and his family of seven were all part of the controversial Korean Unified Church organization, commonly known as the "Moonies" after its name. The founder died Sun Myung Moon.

Wim Koetsier, of the World Peace Federation, an international network of religions, later confirmed the father of the family was a member of the organization in the 1980s before leaving for Germany and passing away. contact. He believed that the father formed a group of his own along with several others.

However, Josef B is not a member of the above association. His brother Franz B said the suspect had joined a cult after leaving the military and they have no longer been in contact for 10 years. Josef B has two twin daughters with a Japanese woman who rentes the farm but do not live here and run a carpentry workshop in a nearby town.