Police find hundreds drug crimes, 85 wanted people

The police during an intensified narcotics crime control campaign in early November reported 140 drugs offences, 196 drugs user offences and 13 aggravated drugs offences.

In addition, the controls revealed 79 cases of drunken driving. During the controls, the Police found 85 wanted persons, said the National Police Board in a press release on Monday.

All Police Departments were involved in the control actions, that also took place online, and almost 40 of the suspected offences were cyber-enabled.

“Over the past few years, cyber-enabled criminality has increased. To meet the challenge, the Police has also expanded its operations,” Chief Superintendent of the National Police Board Teemu Saukoniemi said.

The police also recovered 1.3 kg of amphetamine, 8 kg of marijuana, 900 grams of hashish, 365 grams of the cannabis plant and 135 grams of cocaine. Moreover, almost 700 ecstasy tables and 2000 tablets of various narcotic drugs were also seized.

During the intensified controls, a total of 17 firearms were also confiscated. In addition, the police seized over euro 48 000 in cash.

“Often other crimes are also detected during the controls targeted at narcotics criminality. Today, the Police comes across with firearms regrettably often during policing work. This was also evident during the intensified controls,” Saukoniemi added.

The Police operations were targeted at 325 suspects, with seven under-18-year-olds and 18 persons who were caught for the first time for narcotics offences.