Customs seize 2.5 kg of hash in a Reykjavík parcel addressed to the Suðurnes
Icelandic customs in Reykjavík intercepted a postal parcel containing 2.5 kg of hash on 6 May 2004, addressed to a man in his twenties in the Suðurnes region. Police in Keflavík arrested two men who took delivery in Reykjanesbær the next day; three people were held and one was remanded until 25 May.
On 6 May 2004 customs officers in Reykjavík seized a postal shipment containing 2.5 kg of hash.[1]The parcel was addressed to a man in his twenties in the Suðurnes region.[1]Police in
Keflavík took over the investigation.[1]
On Friday 7 May 2004, at 12:22, Keflavík police arrested two men at a home in Reykjanesbær who had
accepted the parcel.[1]Three people had been arrested in the case by the time of the release, and
one was remanded in custody until 25 May.[1]The police said the investigation was continuing and
named no charges.[1]
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