A 60-year-old man from Holbæk has been sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling half a ton of hash, Midt- og Vestsjællands Politi, the Central and West Zealand Police, said on Tuesday, according to DR and Berlingske.
The man was arrested on Monday after police obtained information from an encrypted messaging service. Through his profile, officers established that in 2020 and 2021 he had smuggled no fewer than 517 kilos of hash into Denmark.
He was also charged with passing on around four kilos of cocaine. At the time of his arrest, police found him in possession of around eight kilos of hash.
The man confessed in the case, and the preliminary court hearing could be settled with an immediate verdict, police wrote in the statement.
Who is affected
- 60-årig mand fra Holbæk: A 60-year-old man from Holbæk was sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling half a ton of hash.
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