The Supreme Court of Finland has upheld a police ruling involved in years of legal battle over a drug smuggling operation involving a convicted former head of the Helsinki Drugs Team Jari Aarnio.
An extensive police investigation revealed that in 2012-2013, Aarnio had organized the illegal import of hundreds of kilos of hashish from the Netherlands to Finland. The former boss of the drug group was eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison for a number of drug-related and official abuses.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the convicted convict’s convict in the Court of Appeal and sentenced the accused to five months probation for several breaches of duty.
The constable was under Aarnio at the time of the violations, and the Helsinki District Court had initially sentenced him to three years in prison. The constable was dismissed by the Helsinki Police Department last year.
However, Aarnio’s verdict last year did not progress to the Supreme Court.
At the same time, the Supreme Court reduced the woman’s sentence found to have organized the hashish smuggling and reduced her prison to seven to two years. However, the court did not reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
A large-scale case of drug trafficking has been in several courts for years, and the first convictions were handed down in 2012.
Aarnio was initially detained on suspicion of drug offenses in December 2013, and his trial began in June 2015.