Thursday, December 29, 2016

Finland Jails Police Chief For Drug-Smuggling

                               Jari Aarnio in court, 4 Jun 15


A Finnish court has sentenced the former head of Helsinki's anti-drugs police to 10 years in prison for drug-smuggling and other offences.


Jari Aarnio was found to have helped a gang to import nearly 800kg (1,764 pounds) of hashish from the Netherlands and sell it in Finland in 2011-2012.
Aarnio, 59, was found guilty of five drug crimes and 17 other offences, including threatening a suspect.
He spent 30 years in the anti-drugs force and was arrested in 2013
Aarnio denied all the charges. In a separate case in September, Aarnio was sentenced to three years in jail for fraud.

BBC

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