Customs seizes drugs worth €195 000 at Helsinki Airport

Finnish customs seized about three kilograms of amphetamine and half a kilogram of MDMA, better known as ecstasy, from a postal consignment at Helsinki Airport in August last year, said Customs in a press release on Friday.

The authority also found connection of other narcotics consignments to the same criminal case.

Customs suspected one person of smuggling and distribution of the drugs and probed into the case as several aggravated narcotics offences.

It was found that the consignee of the consignment was a man living in Southwest Finland.

The preliminary investigation has been concluded and the case has been forwarded to the prosecutor for consideration of charges.

Based on the preliminary investigation, there is reason to suspect that the man has received consignments of narcotics even before, while living in western Uusimaa and Southwest Finland, and that he has further distributed the narcotics in Finland.

The man is suspected of having received altogether four consignments containing narcotics.

The quantity amounts to tens of thousands of doses – the preliminary investigation by Finnish Customs also involved international cooperation

The total value of the seized narcotics and the narcotics distributed earlier, calculated using the average street value, is about 195 000 euros.

“We suspect that the criminal activity has involved tens of thousands of doses. We have investigated the case as an aggravated narcotics offence and during the preliminary investigation, we have cooperated with preliminary investigation authorities both in Finland and in other EU countries,” said Kimmo Kaunisto, investigator in charge.