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Thu, 29 Jan, 2015 12:06:27 AM FTimes – STT Report, Jan 29  File picture of Jari Aarnio in District Court of Helsinki. Photo - Lehtikuva. The detained former Helsinki drug unit police Chief Jari Aarnio is suspected of covering his tracks in an alleged narcotic cover up which was left investigated.
The lead investigating prosecutor Jukka Haavisto said that preliminary investigation has looked into the case why an isolated drug suspicion was left investigated and whether investigations implicated the Helsinki Police Department, the police in Kuopio or both.
"Aarnio is suspected to have influenced the case not to be investigated. He is suspected to have had his own motives," said Haavisto.
According to Haavisto, the drug crime suspicion involved one person and hashish of which the quantity had exceeded the threshold of a serious crime offence that is more than a kilogram.
According the investigators, the investigated hashish case is related to the so called barrel ring case. Aarnio is a suspect in the barrel ring investigation.
Haavisto believes investigation could have led to uncovering of the barrel ring which was involved in smuggling drugs to the country.
The former head of Helsinki Police drug unit had denied the drug suspicion.
Aarnio is also suspected of gross abuse of public office in relation to the Kuopio case.
Four police officers from Kuopio are also suspected of breaching office.
Aarnio was arrested on November 12, 2013 on charges of 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.
Almost 30 charges have so far been pressed against Aarnio. The former chief of the Helsinki police drug unit, however, denies all of them.
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