Estonia: Tallinn resident sentenced to 7 years for collecting explosives at home


Harju County Court on Friday sentenced a resident of Tallinn’s Õismäe District to seven years and six months in prison for collecting a large amount of explosives at his apartment.

The court is settling the criminal case under compromise procedure, according to which the defendant, 46-year-old Urmas Piht, was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.

The Northern District Prosecutor’s Office accused Piht of illegally possessing, storing and processing explosives. According to the charges, he took approximately four kilograms of explosives to his residence on Õismäe Street at an unspecified time, where he was involved in the extraction of explosives from the ammunition and explosive ordnance found.

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Source: ERR.ee