A man in his early 20s was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the District Court earlier this year for drug trafficking. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which reduced the sentence to three years. The defendant, Valentin Jemeljanov, transported 3.5 kilograms of cocaine with a purity level between 53% and 56% via flight from Latvia hidden in his luggage. The Supreme Court noted that the defendant had acted in accordance with the circumstances provided and that the imported substance equated to approximately 1.8 kilograms of pure cocaine. The court also stated that there
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Official sources cited
- government District Court of Reykjavik
- government Supreme Court of Iceland
