Five months for a kilo of hash found as a man left Nuuk by ship
Greenland police and customs officers arrested a man as he was about to leave Nuuk on a coastal passenger ship with more than a kilogram of hash on 5 December 2025. The district court gave him an immediate sentence of five months' unconditional detention the next day, and he was released to serve it later.
Greenland police and customs officers arrested a man at 19:30 on Friday 5 December 2025 as he was
on his way out of Nuuk on a coastal passenger ship, with more than a kilogram of hash on him.[1][2]The next day, Saturday 6 December, the district court gave him a straksdom, an immediate
sentence, of five months’ unconditional detention in the anstalt, Greenland’s prison.[2]The
case was closed and he was released to serve the sentence later.[2]
The arrest was a joint operation between the police and the customs service, and KNR reported the
police account that the man had faced five months’ unconditional detention.[1]Neither report
names the man or gives his age, and neither says where he had got the hash or where he was
travelling to.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
1 kg
Prison
5 months
Agency type
Customs, Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sources
KNRknr.glDAArchived copyDøgnrapport: Mand på vej mod kystpassagerskib anholdt med hash på sig
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Customs officers at Nuuk Airport found 5.4 kilograms of hash hidden in a passenger's suitcase on 13 October 2026, Greenland police said, and arrested the man, who had just arrived from Denmark. He was to be brought before the district court the next day charged with smuggling hash.
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