Tag: Eastern Uusimaa
The police are asking the court to arrest the guards for the series of assaults
The newspaper said the three suspects, who are due to be interviewed today – all men in their 20s – are suspected of three counts of assault and two counts of aggravated assault. East Uusimaa Police Department on Monday was revealed that six security professionals are believed to have committed crimes at work in several […]
Vantaa police released a man who confessed to killing a postal worker
“The identification was based on information obtained from the media,” it reads press release from the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department. Tero Tyyneläthe detective chief inspector leading the preliminary investigation, told In Helsingin Sanomat last Thursday, the man had announced himself and confessed to having killed a postal worker earlier last week. Tyynelä already estimates that […]
Customs has confiscated a large amount of narcotics, the smuggling organization is being investigated
– Some of the amphetamine had been brought to Finland as oil and amphetamine had been extracted from it in a holiday apartment rented for this purpose in Eastern Uusimaa. Our preliminary investigation has shown that narcotics have been brought to Finland through postal traffic, he says Tero Virtanencorresponding researcher. The total street value of […]
50 Finnish firefighters are going to help fight wildfires in Greece
About 50 firefighters from Finland are leaving for Greece to help the country extinguish wildfires in hot weather. The first group of about twenty firefighters will leave on Monday and they are to stay in the Peloponnese region for two weeks. Then another group of rescue workers of the same size replaces the first. Firefighters […]
The Finnish Motorcycle Association ordered the district court to cease all activities
Prosecutor Timo Honkahuhta stated to the broadcaster that the decision was “expected and absolutely necessary” in view of the damage caused to society by the organizations. The prosecutor had argued that the main and dominant purpose of the organizations was to commit crimes and considered that the organizations were structured in such a way that […]
The Finnish District Court banned Cannonball MC
The District Court of Päijänne Tavastia ruled on Wednesday that the Cannonball Motorcycle Club, widely regarded as a criminal gang, was banned in practice. In the same decision, the court also banned the group’s branch office, Squad 32. The prosecutor demanded the closure of the club because it violated the country’s association laws. Several other […]
Summer weather will continue on Tuesday, with a change expected later this week
On Monday, mercury rose to more than 20 degrees in several locations, including 21.7 degrees in Kouvola and 21.6 degrees in Nurmijärvi. Today, even more summer mercury is expected to rise to 15–20 degrees in much of Finland. The thermometer shows at least 20 degrees in the southern and western parts of the country and […]
Passengers board the flight despite a demonstration at Extinction Rebellion Airport
Finavia said on Saturday that it had not learned that any passengers had missed the flight due to Extinction Rebellion, or Elokapina climate activists blocking security checks at Terminal 2. About 50 activists tried to block the entrance for security checks at about 3 p.m. Saturday. According to Finavia, the airport authorities will respond by […]
A pro-Russia convoy will pass through the Helsinki region this weekend
A convoy of about 20 vehicles will take part in a pro-Russian demonstration planned for the metropolitan area this weekend. The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 8, the day before Victory Day, commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and Victory Day in Europe on May 9th. According to police, the […]
Helsinki May Day Crash Car owned by an official of the Ministry of Finance, a new candidate for election
The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that one of its officials owns a car that collided with nine vehicles on May Day in Helsinki. Three men, including the driver, were injured in Saturday’s crash series, while a video from the scene shows the car barely overtaking several pedestrians at high speed. By Monday afternoon, police […]
A large-scale accident training will be held at Helsinki-Vantaa
At Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, one of the largest major-accident training exercises ever will be held on Wednesday, with the participation of 15 different organizations and 450 people. "Normally, such a large exercise is held at the airport once a year. However, due to Covid, it was not possible to practice for a few years," said Jorma […]
A Finnish criminal organization mailed drugs worth 700,000 euros
The Eastern Uusimaa Police Department said on Saturday it had completed a preliminary investigation into the smuggling of marijuana by a gang named Mantaqa. Police suspect a group of Finns of obtaining marijuana from Albania and mailing it to Finland via Spain. Mikko MinkkinenThe senior inspector of the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department said that in […]
Wednesday’s Papers: NATO Reports Heads to Parliament, Domestic Violence During Covid and Nursing Career
On Wednesday, Finland’s debate on NATO membership will proceed as the government reports to Parliament on the change in the foreign and security policy environment as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Helsingin Sanomat wrote that although the report does not take a direct position on NATO membership, it opens a formal debate and […]
Police indicted for attempted murder against rapper, separate trial begins with planned retaliation
The District Court of Eastern Uusimaa has been imprisoned as a rapper and suspected gang leader Milan Jaff charged with attempted murder. The indictment is related to a preliminary investigation by the Central Criminal Police with the police departments of Eastern Uusimaa and Helsinki into a violent clash between two street gangs in Vantaa last […]
The study reveals regional pay gaps in social and health care
Employees of social and health care in the public sector in Eastern Uusimaa are the best paid in Finland, says the state’s incubator. On Friday, VATT’s Economic Research Institute published its report on regional pay gaps in the social and health care sector. The researchers found significant differences in the pay of workers across the […]
The national coalition, the center and the Social Democrats rule the provincial elections
In Järvenpää, Central Uusimaa, the counting of votes is still in progress. “This is great,” he rejoiced Petteri Orpo, Chairman of the National Coalition Party. “It simply came to our notice then [service] a system that needs a dose of economic realism and elements that guarantee better services for people. “ “Even such a massive […]
Police seize amphetamine, cocaine in one of Finland’s largest drug offenses
On Thursday, the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department announced that it had seized 113 grams of amphetamine and 103 kilograms of cocaine from a suspected drug offense in Finland in September 2021. "Seizures are one of the largest, if not the largest, individual amphetamine seizures in connection with criminal cases under investigation by the Finnish police." […]
