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Helsinki District Court handed down verdicts in an exceptionally vast drug case on Thursday. The court sentenced the main perpetrators of the so-called Katiska drug ring, Niko Ranta-aho and Janne Tranberg, to more than 10 years in prison for aggravated drug offenses and other charges. The case was one of biggest drug investigations in Finnish history, involving the Cannonball and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs and an array of celebrities. Tranberg was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in prison, while Ranta-aho was handed an 11-year term. Seven other men were sentenced to 8-10 years in prison. The prosecutor had demanded 13-year sentences for the two main defendants, the longest possible imprisonment for felony drug offences in Finland. ....