Drug dealing|The police announced on Friday that a criminal group used the cafe-restaurant located in the Puhos shopping center for money laundering.
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The police are investigating money laundering related to the drug trade in the cafe-restaurant of the Puhos shopping center.
A greengrocer working in a shopping center tells about the police operation that took place three to four weeks ago.
Another merchant also tells about the drug trade upstairs and suspects its connection to money laundering.
According to the police, the criminal group was transporting cocaine from rented apartments.
Police announced on Friday that it was investigating money laundering related to the drug trade In the cafe-restaurant located in Puhos shopping center.
In Puhos, located in Puotharju, Helsinki, some people had heard about the incident early Friday evening.
The one who runs a vegetable shop in a shopping center kiosk Ali Akgÿl tells HS about the police operation in the shopping center that happened three to four weeks ago.
“A lot of police came here. It was surprising because we have kept the place peaceful,” says Akgÿl when asked about the money laundering case.
Puhosta Akgÿl describes as mostly safe. According to him, the problems are no bigger than elsewhere in Helsinki. Sometimes it smells like a cloud, but “that’s quite normal.”
“We can’t do anything to such people, we just stay away.”
Shopping center running a shop on the edge of the central market Louai Hadad also tells about the drug trade. According to him, drugs are also sold to young people. He describes the brokers as acting like small producers.
He has not heard of money laundering in Puhos before.
“Selling drugs and money laundering are certainly connected. Those who sell drugs, they have cash, so what [rahanpesun] into a circle”, Hadad ponders.
The merchant Louai Hadad sells various delicacies and decorative serving dishes in his shop.
The police according to the release, a criminal group that ran drug trade and money laundering was transporting cocaine from apartments that were rented for the activity.
The possible drug trade in the corridor of Puhos is therefore not necessarily directly related to the case.
The police said that the company used as a cover for money laundering was “a cafe-restaurant that offered its customers, for example, smoking hookahs and small-scale food”.
The cash obtained from the sale of drugs was directed to the “café-restaurant”. From there, the money was paid to the drug dealers and other people in charge of the account as wages. The police noticed that the persons in question did not work in the restaurant.
Shopping center A family passing by grocery stores says that shopping at Puhos feels safe. They have not seen any suspicious activity in the area.
The men interviewed in the market circle of the shopping center have heard about the news. They advise you to visit the restaurant they show you.
Also on the other side, a lonely man approaches and says that he knows what HS’s reporter and cameraman are looking for here. He tells the same place name as the men downstairs. Go there!
The Puhos shopping center has two floors and a small market square in the middle.
Addressed the restaurant is bigger than most restaurants in Puhos. The doors are open.
When you enter the restaurant, you can see that the place is clean, cozy and recently renovated. The company information shows that the company was founded last fall. Also according to the police, the company was founded about a year ago.
One side of the restaurant is reserved for hookah smoking customers, but most of the hall is for regular customers.
There are several dozen table places and there are customers here and there. There is no indication that the police suspect the company of laundering money. Many customers have food in front of them. However, most of the customers are in the smoking room.
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