Customs uncover huge online drug seller in Finland

http://yle.fi/uutiset/customs_uncover_huge_online_drug_seller/9122125

The Finnish Customs Board says it has busted a drug importing operation that brought some 40,000 ecstasy tablets, 30,000 LSD tabs and 40 kilograms of other drugs into the country.

The haul includes amphetamines, metamphetamines, heroin, cocaine, MDMA, alfa-pvp and MDVP (Methylenedioxypyrovalerone).

The total haul of drugs recovered is estimated to be worth some two million euros.

Customs official Hannu Sinkkonen told Yle that the smuggling ring, which was run by three Finnish citizens, was uncovered in the course of routine surveillance.

"We follow everything that happens, also online, and that way we uncovered this case," said Sinkkonen. Exceptional IT skills

The narcotics were allegedly imported from Germany and Holland, and totalled more than 10 million doses.

The store had operated since 2014 via the Silk Road market on the dark web. Bitcoin was used as payment for the product.

Sinkkonen claimed that this one bust will significantly reduce the Finnish drugs market. The three suspects are aged around 30, from the capital city and Turku regions, and had no previous drugs offences to their names.

"They started "cold"," said Sinkkonen. "They have exceptional IT skills."

The case is expected to be heard at the District Court in South-west Finland in the autumn.


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[57 Points] Borax:

Oh hey look a job vacancy


[23 Points] TheSM0KER:

Sinkkonen claimed that this one bust will significantly reduce the Finnish drugs market

This is laughable.


[21 Points] Kushfarmer463:

What a waste of cocaine


[12 Points] ColdHard:

"They started "cold"," said Sinkkonen. "They have exceptional IT skills."

This is very likely a lie.

It is called parallel construction. The method used to initially discover this seller will not likely be presented at court. If you were a prosecutor do you want to alert the others that they are under investigation in other jurisdictions that are also being targeted?

They do not want the methods to be known.

uncovered in the course of routine surveillance.

OK... so more to come...

The store had operated since 2014 via the Silk Road market on the dark web. Bitcoin was used as payment for the product.

That they know this and can show it with confidence is telling us something.


[3 Points] uutisiasuolesta:

This is pretty big news in Finland today. Here is video of a seizure of some (15kg!!) of their products like amphetamin, extacy, and so on: http://yle.fi/uutiset/video_nayttaa_kuinka_jattimaista_huumelastia_yritettiin_tuoda_suomeen/9121709

It was busted in Kustavi, West-Finland, so I think they were using the archipelago ferries to import via Sweden. The news say they probably got the stuff originally in Holland and Germany. The sell it on Sillkitie (finnish language for Silk Road) which you know by the name Valhalla. Customers get sent their product via post or sometimes they use for example forest birdboxes, like in geocaching.

Three brothers in their thirties busted. No narcocrime history, IT guys with respectable jobs who started selling in 2014 and the operation grew fast. Pics of their shit: http://yle.fi/uutiset/tulli_paljasti_suomen_suurimman_nettihuumekaupan__2_miljoonan_arvosta_heroiinia_lsdta_ja_muita_kovia_aineita/9121651

The cops got more than a million euros in cash, btc, shares and other property, so they must have been busy boys.


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[2 Points] samwhiskey:

Did that say they were on Silk Road since 2014?


[2 Points] xSwrvs:

Theirs gonna end up being a drought of cheap European vendors for these products. So many recent EU vendors getting caught from similar things


[2 Points] None:

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