Detention extended in Straumsvík drug case
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- A court extended the pretrial detention of suspects in Iceland’s largest reported drug case until September 17.
- The case concerns the alleged smuggling of 106 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil aboard the cargo ship Koznitza.
- Nine people remain in custody, including Brazilian, Romanian and Icelandic citizens, and prosecutors must issue an indictment by September 17.
Pretrial detention for suspects in the Straumsvík drug case has been extended until September 17, when 12 weeks will have passed since the first arrests.
An indictment must be issued by that date. The case involves the alleged smuggling of 106 kilograms of cocaine to Iceland aboard the cargo ship Koznitza from Brazil in June.
The drugs were hidden on the vessel and later collected by a small boat while the ship lay at anchor off Straumsvík. Police then arrested some of those believed to have taken part in the operation.
Nine people are in custody, including Brazilian and Romanian citizens and at least three Icelanders. Two of the Icelandic suspects are identified as Lúther Ólason and Lárus Freyr Einarsson.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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