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…
Swedish supermarkets ban paracetamol pills
UPDATED: From November ordinary paracetamol tablets like Alvedon and Panodil will no longer be available in Swedish supermarkets following fears that the painkillers are being abused by customers. The decision…
Swedes overdose on unidentified drug
Two people were found dead at a hotel in northern Sweden, with pills on the scene leading police to believe drugs were involved. A 28-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man…
Nursery kids find drugs stash in woods
Police were called in after Swedish nursery children, on a routine outing to the forest, found a mystery drugs stash which authorities said was worth a lot of money.The discovery…
Secret trap door yields massive cocaine find
Police uncovered 120 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in a house in southern Sweden, a haul with an estimated street value of at least 100 million kronor ($15.5 million) and one…