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Four charged with drug crime in southwest Norway

2014-07-23 10:20:33

OSLO, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Three men and one woman were indicted on Monday for crime in Sandnes, a city in Norway's southwester county of Rogaland.

The alleged mastermind, a 50-year-old man from Sandnes, was charged with storing 204 kilograms of hashish and selling over 300 kilograms of the drug during the period from 2007 to 2013.

In addition, prosecutors brought charges against two men in their 30s and a female cohabitant of the alleged mastermind.

Forfeiture of four properties, 26 vehicles including cars, boats and trailers, and 5.5 million kroner (about 920,000 U.S. dollars) was sought also in prosecution as police believe they stem from marijuana sales.

The trial has been scheduled on September 8 in the Jaeren district court, reported the Norwegian-language newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad.

Editor:Zhang Yi