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Sat, 23 Aug, 2014 12:03:21 AM
FTimes Report, August 23
 
Former Helsinki drug police chief Jari Aarnio. File Photo – Lehtikuva.
Some policemen who worked under the suspended head of Helsinki drug police unit, Jaari Aarnio, are suspected of aggravated distortion of evidence as well as aggravated abuse of official position.
 
The lead prosecutor in the case, Jukka Haavisto, confirmed the matter to the news agency STT.
 
Vinkkimiehet, a discussion programme of MTV on crime and justice, on Friday revealed that investigations into evidence distortion linked other officers in the Helsinki police drug unit.
 
Haavisto did not specifically point out what the investigation into evidence distortion entailed. He did, however, mentioned that the investigation had cast its net wide.
 
Haavisto confirmed that some people had been detained during the investigations but at the moment there is none behind bars. 
 
According to Haavisto, the investigation has not entirely moved beyond the ring of suspects previously connected to Aarnio.
 
Towards the end of July, it emerged that Aarnio was suspected of aggravated evidence distortion and aggravated abuse of official position.
 
At that time it also came to light that Aarnio had tried to frame a person for crimes the person did not commit. The framing however did not lead to the conviction of the innocent person.
 
Almost 30 charges have so far been pressed against Aarnio.
 
Aarnio was arrested on November 12, 2013 on charges of various crimes including taking bribes from a private company. 
 
He is also suspected of receiving kickbacks from Trevoc Company and being involved in procurement of supplies from the same company for his employer. 
 
Earlier, the authorities investigating the graft allegations also traced a huge amount of undeclared money spent by Aarnio. He was accused of spending more than EUR 200,000 received from unknown sources. 
 
The amount of money spent for his under-construction housing project in Porvoo was much higher than that shown by the police officer as coming from his salary and bank loans.
 
Sources said the plot was bought against the name of Aarnio’s son, although he did not have taxable income and his wife had zero income. The plot was used to build a house, a garage and a sauna.
 
The former chief of the Helsinki police drug unit, however, denies all the charges.
 
 
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