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Finnish police bust amphetamine smuggling ring

Xinhua, January 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Finnish police have busted a drug trafficking ring, which imported and distributed a large amount of amphetamine from Germany to Finland, announced the Finnish Police Administration on Thursday.

The drug trafficking ring consists of 23 suspects, of whom three are Swedish nationals and the rest are Finnish citizens. Eight of the suspects have been already taken into custody.

The group was suspected of smuggling a great quantity of amphetamine oil, equivalent to 25 kilograms of refined amphetamine sold at street markets, from Germany between November 2014 and July 2015.

The drug has been distributed mainly to Ostrobothnia, western Finland, said the police in a press release.

According to the Finnish police, on Thursday the German police arrested seven suspects linking to the drug smuggling case. Four of them belong to Conquistadors MC, which is a part of German Bandidos Motorcycle Club.

A Finnish prosecutor has issued a European arrest warrant, on the basis of which the other three suspects detained in Germany will be extradited to Finland for pre-trial investigation and possible legal process. Enditem