Perussuomalaiset MP admits son´s alleged drug smuggling

Main opposition Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) lawmaker Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo on Friday admitted that her son has committed an aggravated drug crime.

Slunga-Poutsalo made the remarks in her twitter page following a news report published by a Finnish language evening tabloid Iltalehti.

Earlier, Iltalehti reported that Slunga-Poutsalo´s son was facing criminal charges for drug smuggling in the Southwest Finland District Court.

"My son has committed a serious drug offence. He has done his best to shoulder his responsibilities and (help) to investigate into the crimes. He is also trying to get rid of his addiction and improve his direction positively,” the Perussuomalaiset lawmaker wrote in her twitter post in Finnish.

"I will do my best to give my son another chance and I hope others will do the same," Slunga-Poutsalo wrote in the post.

The 27 years old son of the MP was charged with the aggravated drug offence at Southwest Finland District Court on September 17.

According to court documents, he suspected of smuggling more than one kilogram of amphetamine and smaller quantities of other drugs into Finland from the Netherlands during 2012 and 2020 and sold them online, reported national broadcaster Yle.

The suspect also admitted the charges during the pretrial investigation.