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(CNN) -- Dutch police have arrested an acquaintance of Joran van der Sloot, who was once a focus of the investigation into last year's disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, a source close to the case told CNN.

The arrest was carried out last week in the Netherlands, said the source, who did not have any other details.

Dutch authorities have cooperated with Aruba, a self-governing Dutch protectorate, in the ongoing investigation.

Karen Janssen, the chief prosecutor in Aruba, declined to comment on the arrest.

Under Dutch law, police can hold a suspect for more than 100 days before filing charges.

The arrest was the eighth in the case. The other people detained, including van der Sloot, have been released.

Holloway, then 18, was last seen leaving a nightclub in Oranjestad, Aruba, on May 30, 2005, with three young men -- Dutch national Joran van der Sloot, the son of an Aruban judge, and Surinamese brothers Deepak, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18.

The three men -- who have maintained their innocence -- were arrested the following month, but released after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to hold them.

Let's see what comes out of this, maybe they have arrested the right person now. It's a bit suspicous that he left Aruba shortly after Natalee went missing.

In the meantime, it's always funny to watch English-speaking reporters trying to pronounce Utrecht (the city where the boy was arrested) right.

Who is Natalee Holloway?

These "news stories" about Natalee that come out each month are all the same. "New suspect" or "Bone found in Russia". This story is barely public interest anymore.

Suspect in Holloway case freed


(CNN) -- A man indicted in the Netherlands on charges of murder and manslaughter in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba was released Tuesday, according to his attorney's office


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