Finnish crime ring mailed drugs worth 700k
Police say Albanian marijuana made its way to Finland via Spain.
YLE NEWS
23.4. 08:06
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Updated 24.4. 07:01
The Eastern Uusimaa police department on Saturday said it had wrapped up a preliminary investigation into a marijuana smuggling case by a gang known as Mantaqa.
Police said they suspect the group, mainly composed of Finnish individuals, of procuring marijuana in Albania and mailing it to Finland via Spain.
Mikko Minkkinen, detective chief inspector at the Eastern Uusimaa police department, said that between January and February the group mailed some 70 kilos of marijuana to Finland. The drugs had a street value estimated at around 700,000 euros.
Police have so far recovered some 13 kilos of the smuggled narcotics.
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