St. Gallen: 46-year-old man charged with harbouring heroin dealers before regional court
A 46-year-old man appeared before the St. Gallen regional court after allegedly providing shelter to heroin dealers.
St. Gallen: 46-year-old man charged with harbouring heroin dealers before regional court
A 46-year-old man was charged before the regional court in St. Gallen. He was accused of providing accommodation to drug dealers who trafficked in heroin. The charge was aiding and abetting drug trafficking, or specifically aiding and abetting heroin trafficking.
The trial took place before the regional court in the canton of St. Gallen. Despite the serious allegations, the defendant received a lenient verdict. As the St. Galler Tagblatt reported, the man got off lightly in court. Source: St. Galler Tagblatt
The exact circumstances of the accommodation and the identity of the alleged heroin dealers were not detailed in the reporting. Similarly, the sentence handed down to the 46-year-old and the reasons the court arrived at a lenient verdict remained unclear.
The case demonstrates that simply providing living accommodation to drug dealers can be prosecuted under criminal law, even if the person in question was not directly involved in drug trafficking.
Source: Google News CH — Crime (de)