Tag: Hashish
Prime Minister makes strongest call yet for ceasefire in Gaza
“Today I strongly call for a humanitarian ceasefire, which Denmark has voted for in the UN,” said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after a grim new report on the conditions in Gaza from the WHO. Plus, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen has landed safely back on earth after six months in space with a smile and a…
Police are preparing to comb Pusher Street for weeds again
The Copenhagen Police maintains high pressure on the hashish trade within the self-governing municipality in an attempt to eradicate organized gang crime. In addition, gender-neutral changing rooms can be introduced in Frederiksberg's sports facilities, the end of electricity savings causes lampposts to light up again in Copenhagen parks, and a trend in the housing market…
Large bust of ecstasy in Vantaa: confiscated worth more than one million euros
An operation conducted in June 2023 led to a startling discovery during a routine apartment search. Further investigation revealed that the original shipment likely contained nearly 200,000 ecstasy tablets and approximately seven kilograms of hashish, suggesting a much larger operation than initially suspected. The extent of the seizure highlights the worrying presence of illegal narcotics…
Finnish Customs investigates large-scale smuggling of marijuana and hashish worth 4 million euros
The largest seizure, comprising approximately 90 kilograms of marijuana and 10 kilograms of hashish, was discovered at a self-storage facility in Helsinki. The illicit substances were ingeniously concealed in nearly 400 rucksacks, all of which were seized during the operation. Additionally, authorities have confiscated 45,000 euros in cash and two unlicensed handguns, with suspicions that…
A large drug organization uncovered in Åland, with a street value of 120,000 euros
The cooperation between Customs and the Åland Police Department began in 2022 to investigate the drug crime situation in Åland. During the cooperation, the customs authorities stopped a person arriving from Sweden to Åland in the port of Eckerö, where they confiscated approximately 2.9 kilograms of hashish found in the vehicle. An importer living in…
Danish news: Close to 20 teenagers arrested for selling hash in Christiania in just 80 days
An increasing number of young people, generally aged 15-18, are selling weed on Pusher Street in Christiania. Between September 1 and November 21, Copenhagen Police arrested 17 such people for selling hashish, according to Berlingske. Fear that they cannot escape the environment“Someone has released a handbrake,” noted Police Inspector Tommy Laursen. “In the past, Christians…
Los Suecos – and the murderous Swedes on the Spanish sun coast
With nine shots, a Spanish drug lord is shot to death in a car. The family sits in the back seat. The execution is just the beginning of a bloody summer. Several Swedes turn out to be behind many of the acts of violence that take place along the Spanish sun coast in 2018. One…
International Round-Up: Russian ambassador again summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Absolutely crazy”Denmark’s dissent will be accompanied by the eighth round of EU sanctions adopted against Russia since the conflict began. The area of Ukraine that Russia has illegally annexed is more than twice the size of Denmark. “It’s absolutely crazy what Russia and Putin are up to,” Kofod said, stressing that the actions are “an…
Right now: Six people are being prosecuted after drug dealing on Darknet
Six people, aged 21 to 73, are charged with selling drugs via the Darknet site Flugsvamp 3.0. Four of the suspects are men and two are women. About 1,400 shipments of cocaine, amphetamine, ecstasy, benzo and hashish have, according to the indictment, been mailed to buyers around Sweden.
Finnish customs seize a record amount of snuff and drugs
In 2021, the number of customs offenses was at its lowest in eight years. This is mainly due to the COVID-19 situation, which caused a decline in passenger travel, but there is also a wider change behind it. – The social impact of the fight against customs crime increased last year, although the total number…
A corrupt former drug group leader was released from prison on a supervised probationary period
Jari AarnioThe former disgraceful head of the drug unit of the Helsinki police has been released from prison during a supervised probationary period. His lawyer confirmed the move, Riitta Leppiniemi. Aarnio’s location is monitored with an ankle monitor. During the supervised probationary period, convicts are allowed to move only in certain areas. They must also…
Police drug sweeping network collects hundreds of suspected crimes, 85 wanted
On Monday, Finnish police reported on intensified monitoring of drug-related crime, which was carried out in early November. All police forces in the country participated in the sweep. During the operation, they reported 140 crimes directly related to the illicit trade, use or production of drugs, 196 drug offenses and 13 serious drug offenses. In…
Major case of smuggling has been resolved in Danish-Norwegian cooperation
Two men from the Horsens area have after a lengthy investigation on Monday been remanded in custody for smuggling large amounts of cocaine and hashish from Denmark to Norway. In the Court in Horsens, one has been charged with smuggling 24.4 kilos of cocaine and 300 kilos of hashish to Norway. The other is accused…
Cocaine, speed and hashish – several drivers in trucks revealed
At the port of Hirtshals, a driver in a truck has been revealed to have been driving with amphetamine or methamphetamine in his blood. This is stated by the North Jutland Police on Friday evening in the public 24-hour report. Earlier, a worried citizen had seen a truck driving somewhat unsafe on Sigurd Espersens Vej…
Danes arrested in case of 780 kilos of hashish hidden in tomato cans
Several Danes have been arrested in Spain, where they are suspected in a case of several hundred kilos of hashish that was to be sent to Denmark. It writes the media Spain Day. This is based on a press release from Spanish police, which was issued on Tuesday. A total of nine people of Danish,…
Charged with murder of rapper: Was warned by PET about threat
– I thought he (the 25-year-old, ed.) Was going to liquidate me. I even thought I was hit, the defendant has explained. He fired two shots out of the side window of a Jeep Cherokee after the 25-year-old and another man – according to the murder defendant – had attacked him. It happened, according to…
The High Court adds one year to the sentence for two from the Porsche gang
The sentence of nine years in prison for 22-year-old Danyal Maarouf was upheld, while 30-year-old Jihad Ismaiel was sentenced to two months of his sentence of seven years and two months in prison. The Ismaiel brothers were also expelled from Denmark permanently. The Porsche gang got its name because the members are driven around in…
Former police officers were charged with aggravated Vale light in the Aarnio drug trial
Two former police officers have been accused of an outrageous Vale allegation related to a large-scale drug case Jari Aarnio, former head of the Helsinki Police Drug Unit. Under Aarnio’s leadership, men working in drug crime are accused of making false statements in the Helsinki District Court and the Court of Appeal. Both police officers…
56-year-old gets 11 years in prison for drug smuggling
A 56-year-old man from Ishøj has been sentenced by the Court in Glostrup to 11 years in prison for smuggling a large amount of hashish, amphetamine and cocaine to Denmark and Sweden. This is stated by the Copenhagen West Region Police in a press release. He has also been deported from Denmark. He received the…
Police target motorcyclist at full speed with 800 grams of hashish
A 26-year-old motorcyclist faces a series of charges after he was stopped by police on Saturday night for driving 180 kilometers per hour. At the same time, he had 70,000 kroner in cash and about 800 grams of hashish on him. This is stated by duty officer at Funen Police Henrik Strauss early Sunday morning.…
Seven men jailed after major action against drugs and weapons
The police found large amounts of illegal drugs when officers earlier in the week raided a coordinated police operation in several places on Zealand. A total of 635 grams of cocaine, 20 kilos of hashish, ammunition and a large amount of cash were found at 21 different addresses. Special Investigation East arrested 11 men in…
Judge jailed six men for smuggling nearly a ton of cannabis
This is what Espen Godiksen, head of central investigation at the Copenhagen Police, says early Friday morning. – All six were made behind closed doors and with a name ban. They are jailed for 27 days until June 16, he says. The men, aged between 30 and 57, are charged with smuggling and aiding and…
Judge jailed six in case of smuggling nearly a ton of cannabis
This is what Espen Godiksen, head of central investigation at the Copenhagen Police, says early Friday morning. – All six were made behind closed doors and with a name ban. They are jailed for 27 days until June 16, he says. According to the indictment, the smuggling lasted from November 2020 until the arrest. The…
Six men arrested for smuggling at least 1,000 kilos of hashish
Six men have been arrested in a major operation on Wednesday. They are suspected of being behind organized smuggling of a large amount of hashish to Sweden. More specifically, they are charged with smuggling and aiding and abetting the smuggling of at least one tonne of hashish. The six arrested are aged 30 to 57…
New consent law is in play: Woman behaved passively
Because while the first rape – case one – according to the prosecutor took place in the summer of 2020, the second rape – case two – took place – January 24 this year, and thus the 39-year-old can be punished according to the new consent-based rape provision that came into force 23 days in…
FACTS: The biggest drug cases in Denmark
* On 23 March 2020, Rustam Gusneev, 31, and Oleksandr Dmytruk, 30, from the Netherlands and Ukraine, respectively, will each be sentenced to 16 years in prison and deportation from Denmark to the city court in Viborg for having smuggled 92 kilos of cocaine. * On 31 October 2018, the 43-year-old Dani Al Arab will…
29-year-old jailed for smuggling one million pills
A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody for four weeks on Wednesday. He is charged with possession of 80 kilos of hashish and smuggling one million illegal painkillers to Denmark. The case is being processed by the police’s special department Special Investigation West (SEV). Prosecutor in the case Jhin Lee says the pills are…
Charge: Motorist on cocaine and laughing gas killed five-year-old girl
The girl and her mother came on October 28 last year walking on the sidewalk along Peter Bangs Vej in Valby. From the side street Sæbyholmsvej, a VW Passat suddenly came thundering across the road and crashed into the little girl, who got stuck between the car and a house wall. On Monday, the court…
37-year-old man handled 12 million in drug money
In addition, he was convicted of driving from Aarhus to Roskilde on two occasions last year to pick up 40 kilos of hashish, which he would resell. Before the trial began, he confessed to all the charges in the case. Prosecutor in the case Jhin Lee says that the case is a spin-off of an…
Residence ban on Christiania extended
The residence ban on part of Christiania has been extended to last over Easter. This is stated by the Copenhagen Police, who justify the ban on the grounds that it is necessary to prevent the spread of infection with coronavirus. The ban, which applies to Pusher Street and the Green Light District, has now been…
Smuggling network charged in drug case for millions
The police apparently put an end to the criminal activities in September 2020, where a number of the suspects were arrested in a large police operation across Zealand. The case has been named “Operation Pitstop” by the police. The cocaine was usually transported in packages of 10 kilos and changed hands several times along the…
Macedonians in a truck drove 460 kilos of hashish to Kalundborg
The case ran as a confession case, and Nedev admitted to having smuggled the hash on two occasions and has no plans to appeal. He has also contributed to the clarification of the case, which is mitigating in relation to the sentence. The young man came to court with an explanation as to why he…