Requests detention – news Troms and Finnmark

– Three people were arrested on Tuesday and charged with breaches of fisheries legislation and accounting offences. One of the people has now been released. One will be requested to be detained for two weeks due to the risk of tampering with evidence. The police wrote this in a press release on Thursday morning. In the press release, the Troms police district writes that they will decide whether to remand the third person who was arrested during Thursday. – We will now conduct interrogations and go through the seizures from the various locations. Due to the amount of seizures and documentation, the investigation will take time, explains police attorney Ronny Jørgensen. In the press release, the police confirm that documents and electronic media were seized on Tuesday from both the fish farm and the premises of the company in Møre og Romsdal. Major campaign in Troms and Møre and Romsdal On Tuesday morning, the police campaigned against the fishing industry in Troms and Møre and Romsdal. Three people were arrested and charged on Tuesday. The police had also laid charges against four companies as part of the investigation. On Thursday, one of them was released. One was still in police custody, and one was produced for remand, police attorney Ronny Jørgensen told news on Thursday morning. The person who is presented for remand has been appointed Thomas Hansen as defense counsel. – We do not yet know the extent of the case. The investigation will show that. But the action is probably one of the biggest of its kind we have done in the Troms police district, said unit leader in the Troms police district, Ståle Luther, to news on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the police wrote in a press release that the arrests and the charges were made following suspicions of breaches of fisheries legislation in connection with the landing of fish, as well as accounting offences. Fjord salmon confirmed campaign Both the police, coast guard, Økokrim, the Directorate of Fisheries and the Norwegian Tax Agency contributed in advance of or during the campaign itself. Luther told news that it was necessary to involve the Coast Guard, so that they would not be discovered before they took action. He also describes the action as one of the largest of its kind in Troms. Ståle Luther, Unit Leader in Troms police district, has said that they are concerned about the extent of fishing crime in the county. Photo: Pål Hansen / news Christin Pedersen in Fjordlaks AS, which owns Karlsøybruket, confirmed on Tuesday that there has been an action at their location in Troms. According to Pedersen, documents were seized that were in Ålesund, where the company’s accounts are administered and kept. She pointed out that the operation of Fjordlaks in Ålesund is not part of this action.



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