Kilos of cocaine and hashish are the focal point in a case of illegal drug trafficking, which the police on Zealand are in the process of unraveling.
Most recently, two men aged 41 and 46 have been arrested.
They are suspected of collecting money from drug buyers and facilitating the transport and money laundering.
The Copenhagen Police writes this in a press release.
The men are also suspected of complicity in the smuggling and distribution of approximately 24 kilos of cocaine and 47 kilos of hashish.
They were arrested on Thursday and produced in constitutional interrogation on Friday in Copenhagen City Court. Here, the attending prosecutor will request the doors closed.
If the judge complies with the request, it will not be possible for the public to gain insight into the defendants’ explanations or the police’s evidence.
The arrests were made by the Special Investigation East unit. The unit belongs to the Copenhagen Police.
The arrests stem from a lengthy investigation into a case involving the trafficking and distribution of a total of more than 160 kilograms of cocaine.
Eight people are already in custody here.
Deputy Police Inspector Torben Henriksen points out that it is important to get hold of the people who are directly involved in the financial part of the drug crime.
The prospect of money and big profits is the reason why organized criminals are involved in drug trafficking, and money laundering is absolutely crucial to them here.
– Therefore, I am also very pleased that in this case we have succeeded in uncovering precisely that link and thus hitting the network on the economy, says Torben Henriksen in the press release.
Several addresses in the metropolitan area were searched in connection with Thursday’s arrests in the case.
It is not clear how much money the two arrested men are believed to have distributed and laundered.
Source: The Nordic Page