Finland One person convicted of smuggling cocaine and another convicted of supplying the drug were sentenced to over five years in prison.

One person convicted of smuggling cocaine and another convicted of supplying the drug were sentenced to over five years in prison. Two others found guilty of reselling the drugs were sentenced to two to three years in prison.The Tampere District Court also handed down conditional prison terms or fines to seven others.
In June, police in Tampere uncovered an international drug ring that smuggled some 700 grams of cocaine into the city.The drugs originated from Suriname and were transported through the Netherlands before being smuggled into Finland. The cocaine was valued at around 100,000 euros. Those convicted have foreign backgrounds while most of the buyers were Finnish.