A routine car transaction escalated into a criminal investigation in Vantaa on Friday evening, prompting a police operation at the Myyrmanni shopping centre. According to Pia Katajala, a detective chief inspector at the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department, officers were alerted to the incident at 18:40 via the emergency services. The situation unfolded in the underground parking garage of the shopping complex in Myyrmäki.