Three convicted following anonymous tips

The District Court of Reykjavik has convicted three men for major drug offenses, or Samuel Jóa Björgvinsson, Elías Shamsudin and Jónas Shamsudin, who are brothers. Samuel was sentenced to three and a half years, while Elias and Jonas were two and a half years in each sentence.

The district attorney issued a charge against the men on December 20. They were all charged with major drug offenses by having had a company for some time, until Wednesday, October 2, 2024, in their custody 2,943.38 grams of MDMA crystals and 1,781 MDMA tablets, which were intended for sales in Iceland.

Police replace the drugs for synthetic materials

The prosecution states that the men met on Wednesday evening, October 2, 2024 in the premises in order to apply the materials, but police had on September 23, 2024, the MDMA crystals split for synthetic material. Elias and Jonas picked up the materials where they were hidden and Bar Samuel Jói the materials out of the premises and put them into Elias' car, which drove the car to an unnamed place in Reykjavik, where he and Samuel Jói were arrested with the materials.

Then Samuel Jói was charged with drug offenses by having on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 in his custody, in sales and distribution purposes, 153.29 grams of cocaine, 5.10 grams of MDMA, 223.58 grams of methamphetamine in crystal and 788 Bromazolam, which police found in searching his residence in Reykjavik.

At the same time, Jonas was charged with drug and weapons law by having on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, in his custody of 4.60 grams of cocaine, two weapons and two hit weapons (knuckles and hiding) who found police officers in his home in Mosfells.

Samuel was also charged with traffic violations merged with this case.

Police received an anonymous tip

It is stated in the district court's ruling, which fell on February 12 but was published yesterday, that according to the case documents, the investigation began when police received an anonymous indication that drugs were found in office space on the second floor of office space in Kopavogur.

The situation is stated in the police report that when the stairs are set up on the second floor, there is a left -handed office space that was abandoned. In that space there are two offices on the south side of the building and there is a space in question on the left. The space that was owned by an unnamed party and had been empty for a while when the incident occurred. Elias and Jonas were rented another space on the floor under the office.

In the abandoned office space, police found drugs in a yellow bonus bag above the air plate in the mid -air. There were three packs, two were tapened with black adhesive tape and one with a clear tape. One pack was opened on the ground and pre -tested and gave a positive response as MDMA.

The materials were removed and transferred to the technical department where they were pre -tested and confirmed that it was MDMA. Then the material was weighed and one package turned out to be 987.67 Article. In weight, another 962.87 Art. and the third 992.84 Article, or a total of 2,943.38 Article.

Was authorized to install audio and video recording equipment

Police replaced the drugs instead of the drugs and the district court's ruling was authorized to install audio and video recording equipment in the space and to install the aftermath and recording equipment in the package of the synthetics. There is a recording in the sound and image that MA was recorded through the recording equipment, both outdoors and in the space where the synthetic materials were stored.

The verdict states that Samuel has confessed to the first chapter of the prosecution of a major drug offense, although with the proviso that he did not bring the MDMA tablets until October 2.

Elias and Jonas, on the other hand, denied the blame. Elias said he had received a bonus bag with MDMA crystals from Samuel, put it on the air and taken him down, along with co-ordinated, on October 2. He did not know what was in the bag. Jonas said he did not know of the bag until they took him down from the air on October 2 and did not know what was in him.

Have no compensation

The district court, on the other hand, says that it is believed to have a reasonable doubt that the trio had all known that the package they were applying for contained drugs. It has not been seen in the recording that was made that the amount of the material surprised them, as they discussed both one and three kg and all three.

« In this case, the defendant is convicted of a major drug offense for custody of large quantities of drugs for degree of sale. The conduct was charged with the distribution of the substances. In addition to the aforementioned, the defendant's prosecution will also be considered that the defendants have been offended in the company and the accused, « says the verdict section of the court. It is stated that the men have no compensation.

Samuel was then sentenced to pay the defense salary of his appointed defense attorney, or ISK 5.4 million. Elias and Jonas were sentenced to pay two -thirds of the defense wages.