Dutch officers carry out extra patrols at the Central Station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 March 2016 following the triple bomb attacks in the Belgian capital that killed about 35 people. (AFP)
A police officer fired a warning shot during the arrests of three men near Amsterdam's central station on Tuesday evening, Dutch police said in a statement.
The incident, which appeared to be drug-related, took place as police at airports and train stations around the Netherlands were on a high alert following bomb attacks in Brussels earlier in the day.
Police cars had hemmed in the suspects' speeding vehicle on a major thoroughfare near the station after a pursuit and one suspect was immediately arrested.
Two others initially ran off but they were arrested after police closed in on them and fired the warning shot.
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