A man in his 30s in the Sundsvall area is suspected by police of extensive drug dealing from March 2025 to February 2026. According to police, the man's parents are suspected of having helped to hand out drugs, receive money, and hide drugs in the home. The police investigation indicates the man is suspected of handling hash, amphetamine, crystal, pregabalin, and gabapentin.
Hash constituted the largest part of the drugs seized by police, with over half a kilo confiscated. The operation is suspected by police to have been based at the parents' home. According to SVT Västernorrland, chat messages described the man using his mother to meet buyers and receive payments when he was unavailable.
The mother and father are both suspected by police of drug offenses. The son faces a series of suspected crimes: a drug offense, a serious offense against the knife law, drunk driving, and a minor drug offense.
In a separate Swedish case, a man in his 60s was indicted twice last summer for selling narcotics from a boat in central Kalmar, according to multiple reports. Police found several types of drugs in his home on a smaller locality south of Kalmar. The man was remanded in custody for a serious narcotics offense after police raided his home on a Saturday evening, and he is known to police in narcotics contexts from before.
Messages like 'mom will handle it' or 'a lady with a dog meets you' have appeared in chats.
Further Swedish incidents include a man in his 20s suspected of minor narcotics use, with a police report filed on a Sunday afternoon. In a previous case, police stopped a driver in Kristianstad on April 7 last year and found a smaller amount of cocaine and heroin, 76 grams of amphetamine, and 26 narcotics-classified tablets in his underwear, leading to a man in his 40s being taken to the police station and searched.
Additional Swedish police actions involved a man in his 60s suspected by police of home invasion, minor narcotics use, and narcotics possession after an incident in Ydre municipality. Police allege the man entered someone else's residence unlawfully and stayed there for a while. In a separate incident, a police dog led to a man in his 30s who is now detained.
Internationally, Thames Valley Police in the UK arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs in the Wantage and Grove area. During a vehicle stop in that area, police found 57 deal bags of Class A drugs inside the car. The suspect was also arrested on suspicion of driving without a licence and driving without insurance.
Thames Valley Police released a statement on Saturday, March 7, informing residents of the recent arrest.
The mother has admitted to receiving money but said in interrogations she thought it involved flea market sales or loan repayments.
In another UK case, West Midlands Police arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of outraging public decency following an alleged incident near a children's playground in Tipton. The man has been bailed with strict conditions pending further enquiries. Police were called to Wednesbury Oak Road, Tipton, on Monday morning (March 9) at around 9.15am to reports of an exposure.
In Spain, a 62-year-old suspected thief has been arrested for targeting elderly patients at Torrevieja hospital in Alicante. Police allege the man stole electronic devices and medical supplies from patients while they were sleeping or undergoing medical tests. CCTV footage showed the suspect, partially concealing his identity with a baseball cap, entering wards and rooms on three separate occasions.
The suspect was apprehended mid-theft after hospital security used camera footage to identify and arrest him.
In Greece, a 70-year-old man was arrested in Heraklion for violations of drug legislation, according to reports from other sources. The arrest was made by police officers from the Police Operations Department. According to police, the 70-year-old was identified while boarding his vehicle and was immobilized.
The mother admits minor drug offense through possession.
A search was conducted in both the vehicle and his home. Authorities found and confiscated 6 packages containing 655.7 grams of cannabis, along with a scale and a grinder.
The preliminary investigation is being conducted by the Drug Prosecution Department of the Heraklion Sub-Directorate for Crime Prosecution and Investigation.
Legal processes are now underway across these multiple jurisdictions, raising public safety concerns about organized drug networks and crimes targeting vulnerable populations. In the Sundsvall case, the parents' alleged involvement in hiding drugs and receiving money highlights family dynamics in drug operations. The Kalmar boat case involved a man previously known to police, indicating potential recidivism in drug offenses. The Kristianstad driver case revealed drugs concealed in underwear, showing methods used to evade detection.
Key unknowns persist in several cases. Beyond chat messages, the specific evidence linking the mother in the Sundsvall case to drug dealing has not been detailed. The exact quantities and types of drugs found in the Kalmar boat case have also not been specified by authorities. The motives behind the Spain hospital thefts and the full extent of the Greece cannabis operation remain under investigation.