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Six men on trial for smuggling 1,500 kg of cocaine in Sweden

Key Points
  • Six men are on trial for smuggling 1,500 kg of cocaine worth 1.4 billion kronor.
  • The cocaine was found after a banana container disappeared from Helsingborg port and a burglary in Malmö.
  • All defendants deny the charges, with the prosecutor using surveillance footage as evidence.

A trial against six men from two criminal groups began on Monday in Malmö, Sweden. 4 billion kronor. The cocaine was discovered after a container of bananas went missing from the port of Helsingborg last year.

Police and the Swedish Customs Service tracked the drugs, and over 200 kilograms were found during a burglary at an apartment in Malmö several days later, where criminal rivals had stolen large parts of the cocaine that is still missing. The six men, including a Belarusian driver, three Norwegian men involved in reloading, an Albanian apartment holder, and a Swedish thief, all deny the charges of particularly serious drug offenses. The prosecutor claims surveillance footage shows the cocaine's path from Helsingborg to Malmö.

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