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MAN JAILED FOR ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE 88 KG OF HEROIN
by Danish news agency Ritzau Bureau
Politiken
May 9 2012
Denmark
[translated from Danish]
According to the police, a 42 year-old Iranian concealed heroin
amounting to several kilograms in portable electric heaters in Armenia
and brought the substance to Denmark.
An Iranian man from Aalborg twice smuggled 44 kg of heroin into
the country.
The substance shipments were sent from Armenia to the man's address in
Aalborg hidden in electric heaters, according to the police charging
document.
Today, a judge in Copenhagen Municipal Court provisionally ordered
the 42 year-old held 20 days on pre-trial detention.
"Furthermore, the subject was charged with, on or around 1 July 2011,
having attempted to smuggle an additional 44 kg of brown heroin in
an electric heater," states Copenhagen Police Commissioner Steffen
Thaaning Steffensen.
According to the police commissioner, that attempt failed because
the substance was confiscated by the police in Armenia.
The 42 year-old was arrested yesterday in Aalborg. Also the man's
two children of 20 and 23 were detained by the police, but they were
subsequently released.
Two other men, likewise of Iranian origin, are already jailed. The
police have suspicion that some of the substances were intended to
be sent further to Sweden.
Seeking Still Another Iranian
It was a chance find at Amager that gave the police a breakthrough
in the case.
In October last year, a man was arrested when driving across the
Oresund Bridge with 9.5 kg of heroin in a sports bag in the trunk of
his Audi.
His driving seemed so erratic that a police patrol decided to stop
him and take a closer look.
Shortly after, the investigators also detained still another man
from Aalborg, who likewise was charged with having had a part in the
smuggling of the substance in the Audi. Both have since been jailed.
In the case there has been cooperation among police districts within
the country's borders, but there has also been cooperation with
foreign police, namely the police in Sweden and Armenia.
"We anticipate more arrests and additional charges in the case,"
says Steffensen.
Among other things, police are on the hunt for still another Iranian,
who resides in Brondby Strand. He is being sought internationally.
by Danish news agency Ritzau Bureau
Politiken
May 9 2012
Denmark
[translated from Danish]
According to the police, a 42 year-old Iranian concealed heroin
amounting to several kilograms in portable electric heaters in Armenia
and brought the substance to Denmark.
An Iranian man from Aalborg twice smuggled 44 kg of heroin into
the country.
The substance shipments were sent from Armenia to the man's address in
Aalborg hidden in electric heaters, according to the police charging
document.
Today, a judge in Copenhagen Municipal Court provisionally ordered
the 42 year-old held 20 days on pre-trial detention.
"Furthermore, the subject was charged with, on or around 1 July 2011,
having attempted to smuggle an additional 44 kg of brown heroin in
an electric heater," states Copenhagen Police Commissioner Steffen
Thaaning Steffensen.
According to the police commissioner, that attempt failed because
the substance was confiscated by the police in Armenia.
The 42 year-old was arrested yesterday in Aalborg. Also the man's
two children of 20 and 23 were detained by the police, but they were
subsequently released.
Two other men, likewise of Iranian origin, are already jailed. The
police have suspicion that some of the substances were intended to
be sent further to Sweden.
Seeking Still Another Iranian
It was a chance find at Amager that gave the police a breakthrough
in the case.
In October last year, a man was arrested when driving across the
Oresund Bridge with 9.5 kg of heroin in a sports bag in the trunk of
his Audi.
His driving seemed so erratic that a police patrol decided to stop
him and take a closer look.
Shortly after, the investigators also detained still another man
from Aalborg, who likewise was charged with having had a part in the
smuggling of the substance in the Audi. Both have since been jailed.
In the case there has been cooperation among police districts within
the country's borders, but there has also been cooperation with
foreign police, namely the police in Sweden and Armenia.
"We anticipate more arrests and additional charges in the case,"
says Steffensen.
Among other things, police are on the hunt for still another Iranian,
who resides in Brondby Strand. He is being sought internationally.