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Ók á tæplega tvöföldum leyfilegum hraða

Police were called to an entertainment venue in district three, which serves Kópavogur and Breiðholt, because of an assault. In districts one and two, a total of nine people were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving or driving under the influence of narcotics. Seven drivers were charged with speeding.

„Að mínu mati lýsir þessi dómur ekki réttlæti“

Aníta Rut Harðardóttir, a police officer who was recently convicted for unlawful searches in LÖKE, believes the judgment is not just. “What justice is there in loan sharks and drug dealers being able to threaten the life and limbs of a single person in a vulnerable situation with a young child to support?” she asks.

Fletti upp í LÖKE vegna meintrar fíkniefnaskuldar vandamanns

Aníta Rut Harðardóttir, a police officer, looked up people's names in the police registration system, LÖKE, in order to reach a man who had filed a claim in a family member's online bank account over an alleged old drug debt. She was fined one hundred thousand krónur for the act and must pay just under 900 thousand krónur in legal costs.

Þrír í fimm ára fangelsi fyrir fíkniefnasmygl

<p>The District Court of Reykjavik sentenced three men to five years in prison last month. They attempted to smuggle nine liters of cocaine base into the country. They hid the substance in two boxes of red wine that were in a Peugeot car that one of them traveled with on Norræna.</p><p>The smuggling was uncovered when Norræna arrived in Seyðisfjörður in November. The police replaced the narcotics

Hafði fengið sér tvo bjóra og „tvær línur“

The District Court of South Iceland has sentenced a man to nine months in prison for driving a vehicle while deprived of his driving licence and unfit to operate it due to the influence of narcotic and addictive substances.

Földu tæp tvö tonn af dópi undir káli

<p>Police officers found a large quantity of drugs in a pickup truck that was stopped on Saturday. 900 kilograms of ketamine and 700 kilograms of methamphetamine were found hidden under cabbage in the bed of the truck.</p><p>The driver said he had agreed to transport the drugs in exchange for payment of 100,000 baht. That is equivalent to just under 400,000 krónur. He now faces a minimum of fiftee

Harpa reið og sorgmædd: „Kerfið brást þessum föður og hans fjölskyldu“

<img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="667" src="https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Harpa-Hildiberg-3-1024x683-1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 15px;" width="1000" /><p>Harpa Hildiberg Böðvarsdóttir, former union representative of Samtaka aðstandenda og fíknisjúkra, says she was filled with deep anger and sorrow when she read the announcement that Kjartan

Kókaínið og önnur eiturlyf vinsælust hjá stuðningsmönnum City

<img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="667" src="https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1418496769-1024x683.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 15px;" width="1000" /><p>Manchester City had the most drug-related incidents at its matches last year, according to police data in England and Wales. A total of 60 incidents were recorded at Etihad Stadium, whi

Þrír vistaðir í fangaklefa og einn fluttur á bráðamóttöku

A man was taken to the emergency department after he fell down stairs in an apartment building in district 111. Three people were placed in a holding cell on suspicion of the sale and distribution of narcotics in downtown Reykjavik.

Maður handtekinn fyrir eignaspjöll og hótanir

<p>A man was arrested in Kópavogur for damaging people's property and threatening them, according to the police log of the Capital Area Police.</p>Four spent the night in the Capital Area Police detention cells this morning.Ruv.is / Anton Brink<p>In addition to him, three others spent the night in police detention this morning, all suspected of drug sales. No one was injured in a single-vehicle ac

Stafræn útilokun þeirra er glíma við fíkn

<img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="1024" src="https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/jadon-kelly-Qo_2hhoqC3k-unsplash-768x1024.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 15px;" width="768" /><p>Vulnerable groups in society are exposed to digital exclusion, and this problem is becoming increasingly urgent as the digital revolution advances. Nowadays, it is hardly poss

Myndskeið: Hringdi í Trump á slysstað

Golfer Tiger Woods called U.S. President Donald Trump before he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after a car rollover last week.

Gripinn með fíkniefni í bíl um borð í Norrænu

A passenger who arrived in the country on the ferry Norræna on Friday was arrested after a considerable quantity of narcotics was found in his car. He was remanded in custody and is being held at Hólmsheiði Prison.

Í tveggja vikna gæsluvarðhald vegna umfangsmikils smygls

<p>Police arrested a man upon the arrival of Norræna in the country on Friday when drugs were found in his car. Police do not disclose how large the quantity was, but say it was substantial.</p><p>The drugs were found during a search by customs officers and police of the man's car. He was arrested and questioned. The following day, police requested that the man be remanded in custody for two weeks

Í meðferð eftir fjárdrátt hjá Viðreisn

The former chairman of Viðreisn’s board in Reykjavík says he has entered treatment at Vogur to address addiction problems. He was reported earlier this month for misappropriating funds from the party’s accounts.

Dópsali í ólöglegri dvöl lét ekki sjá sig

<img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="559" src="https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Skjamynd-2024-10-29-203505-1024x572.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 15px;" width="1000" /><p>A man who has been staying in the country illegally has been convicted in the District Court of Reykjavik of, among other things, drug dealing and money laundering, but the man did

Í bataferli frá fíkninni

British rising star Lola Young shot to stardom when she released the hit Messy in 2024, and the song became hugely popular around the world. Lola sold out concerts in many places and performed at various music festivals, but had to take a break after losing consciousness on stage.

„Reyni að minna fólk á að það er mikils virði. Hvet það til að halda áfram að reyna og gefast ekki upp“

<img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="667" src="https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Maria-Albertsdottir-1-1024x683.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 15px;" width="1000" /><p>Since its founding, Kaffistofa Samhjálpar has played an important role in serving people struggling with poverty, illness, homelessness, and addiction. All year round, everyone who seeks

Gestir Kaffistofunnar finna fyrir umhyggju og hlýju

Since its establishment, Kaffistofa Samhjálpar has played an important role in supporting people struggling with poverty, illness, homelessness, and addiction. All year round, everyone who seeks help there is welco

Handtóku brjálaðan mann sem reyndist eftirlýstur og upprættu fíkniefnaframleiðslu

<p>The police arrested an enraged man on Laugavegur last night who turned out to be wanted. This is stated in the police log. Heimir Ríkarðsson, assistant chief superintendent in the Capital Region, says the man was in an altered state and caused a major disturbance when the police arrived at the scene.</p><p>During the arrest, it emerged that he was wanted because it had not been possible to loca

Tekin með 14 kíló af fíkniefnum á Keflavíkurflugvelli

<p>A woman who tried to smuggle about fourteen kilograms of narcotics into the country was yesterday sentenced to three years and ten months in prison. She agreed to transport the substances for payment. This is an unusually large quantity and therefore carries a heavier sentence than is usual in cases like this.</p><p>When the woman, Carmen Petronelle Rutazibwa, arrived on a flight from Belgium b

Vill opna úrræði fyrir mæður með fíknivanda

<img align="left" alt="“Those I have spoken to say that this will reduce the workload in child and social services and speed up cases moving out of the system,” says Guðfinna." src="https://c.arvakur.is/frimg/9/55/955226A.jpg" style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0;" /> A parent education and child-rearing counselor wants to open a treatment home for mothers of children aged 0-5 and pregnant women. The home w

Átta ákærðir vegna kókaínsmygls

<p>The District Prosecutor has charged eight men in their thirties to sixties with a major drug offense and participation in the offense. Two are accused of having been involved in the importation of 2.6 kilograms of cocaine. It was concealed in a man's suitcase on a flight to Iceland from the Netherlands on Thursday, 20 November.</p><p>The next day, the cocaine was collected from a hotel in Reykj