Sweden has EU’s second highest rate of drugs-related deaths
Sweden has the second highest number of drugs-related deaths in relation to its population of any EU country, according to a new report. A total of 626 deaths in Sweden…
Cocaine use in Sweden at ’record levels’: investigation
Cocaine is becoming cheaper and more common in Sweden, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of deaths related to the drug, according to a new investigation. The study,…
Sweden’s Zero-Tolerance Drug Policy Questioned As Cocaine Use Hits Record High
Cocaine use hits a new high in Sweden Cocaine use has hit record highs in Sweden resulting in more deaths than ever before, according to a new study released this…
Swedish drug users ‘need’ syringe exchanges
Needle and syringe exchange programmes should be introduced across the country, to reduce the growing risk of hepatitis C, Sweden’s Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) writes in a new report. The…
Drugs courier: I thought it was ’grass’ for the lawn
A woman caught smuggling seven kilogrammes of cannabis into Sweden via the Öresund train has claimed that she thought it was ”grass” for the garden. Malmö District Court found this…
Can CCTV curb drug runs between Sweden and Norway?
Surveillance cameras are set to be installed along the border between Sweden and Norway in an effort to catch drug traffickers, after a trial run resulted in treble the amount…
Man who had 78 kilograms of amphetamine in car charged in Sweden
A man in Sweden has been charged with serious narcotics offences after police found 78 kilos of amphetamine in his car. In December Gothenburg police stopped a car they had…
Dextrose confuses Swedish police
A man who was arrested and taken into custody after he confessed to police he had amphetamine in his car, turned out to be detained for all the wrong reasons…The…
Police bust major drugs ring in Sweden
Police in Sweden say that they have busted a major amphetamine smuggling gang, as part of a multinational operation involving police from the Czech Republic and Hungary.The gang is believed…
Swedish gran and grandchild sniffed out in drugs bust
The duo, aged 75 and 20, are accused of planning to sell narcotics and cannabis from a family property near Borås in western Sweden. Police arrested the pair earlier this…