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18-Year-Old Caught With 13 Kilos Of Cocaine
An 18-year-old is in custody for attempting to smuggle 13 kilograms of cocaine, Vísir reports. Keflavík Airport has seen a spate of drug smuggling arrests in recent weeks. Among the most notable was the recent seizure of 20,000 synthetic opioid pills. Two…
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Two Teenage Girls In Custody Following Drug Smuggling Case
Two teenage girls, one of them underage, are in custody following a drug smuggling case last week, reports RÚV. They have no connection to Iceland. The two girls, reportedly from Germany, are suspected of involvement in large-scale drug smuggling last week. The…
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Two People Sentenced For Smuggling 20 Kilos Of Drugs Into Iceland
The Reykjanes District Court has sentenced a man and a woman to 22 months in prison for the large-scale importation of marijuana and hash into the country, reports Vísir. The pair brought the substances into Iceland in their suitcases on a flight…
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Fake IDs Used To Smuggle Opioids
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been notified that fake ID cards are being used to smuggle narcotic drugs, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]The Volcano is on (again) at Fagradalsfjall! Check out our volcano merch in the Grapevine shop: books, T-shirts,…
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Two Women Jailed For Cocaine Trafficking
Two women were sentenced to 15 months in prison and an 1.6 million ISK fine at Reykjanes District Court for cocaine trafficking, reports RÚV and Visir. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear a…
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Monday News Edit: What Are Icelanders Talking About?
Another week, another Monday. While the weekend was meteorologically quiet, it was not void of interesting events that kept us tied to our phone screens as if under a spell. Besides a particularly lively couple of days in Grimsey, where the population has…
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The Curious Case Of The Paralysed Lawyer – Part 2
You might remember the intriguing drug smuggling story we reported on a couple of weeks ago, involving a paralysed woman stuck in Spain and a parcel filled with 8kg of drugs sent from Spain to the Icelandic Chess Association. Two weeks later,…
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News In Brief: Drug Smuggling, French Fries and Rude Drones
Like every other year, for as long as we can remember, Iceland’s 2018 began with storms, strong winds and a constant, annoying blend of rain and snow. That’s January for you: it can’t help but bring bad weather, and it’s unapologetic about…
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Cocaine Flood Continues In Iceland: More Seized Than Ever Before
Customs agents at the Keflavíkur International Airport have seized up to 31 kilograms of narcotics this year of which 23.5 kg are cocaine, which is more of the substance than was confiscated in the four years prior combined, reports Vísir. Around 1.5…