In Linköping, two men aged 40 and 69 were arrested in late March for drug offenses after police seized narcotics in a store, according to kammaråklagare Johan Gruselius. The prosecutor requested they be detained for gross drug offenses, but the Linköping district court only detained them for drug offenses of normal grade, multiple reports indicate. The two men have been re-detained and deny the crime, Gruselius said.
A 63-year-old woman was also suspected of involvement, but the court released her. The prosecutor has not disclosed the type or quantity of narcotics for investigative reasons. In Borås, police discovered a drug stash at an address, and a man in his 30s has been detained for gross drug offense.
Åklagare Albin Jensén said more arrests may occur. The man was arrested on Tuesday, and a large amount of narcotics was found in connection to a property he uses. In Sundsvall, police raided a multi-family house in Ljustadalen late Thursday evening, seizing several kilos of suspected narcotics in powder form, according to information to SVT.
Two brothers in their 25s were arrested and detained on suspicion of gross narcotics crime; one admits, the other denies. Two teenagers from Hälsingland were previously suspected of gross narcotics crime in the same case, arrested in late August. In Eskilstuna, police caught a suspected drug dealer after a chase on Wednesday around 17:30.
Police spotted two people in Öster who started running upon seeing police, and one of them is now suspected of drug crime. In Luleå and Överkalix, an arrest was made on Friday afternoon for gross drug offenses. One of the men was recently prosecuted for extensive bookkeeping and personnel ledger deficiencies in a company he previously ran.
Prosecutor Moa Ejnestrand did not want to go into details yet. The crime was committed at the address where the man is registered in Luleå. The man is suspected on probable cause, the higher degree of suspicion.
Kammaråklagare Fredrik Hannu said the prosecutor believes the man could tamper with evidence or obstruct the investigation if free, and there is a risk he will continue criminal activity. In Bergnäset, Luleå, police were on scene late Friday evening for an operation, and a man was arrested and is suspected of a crime, but the nature of the case is unknown. In Djursholm, police arrested a man suspected of at least one completed fraud and several fraud attempts.
In Sundbyberg, a man was checked and taken for further investigation, suspected of a drug offense. Two men in a car in Östermalm were arrested and taken for further investigation, suspected of drug offenses. In Sundsvall, police checked a man in Stenstan and suspicion arose that he was under the influence of narcotics.
Suspected narcotics were found in his possession, and sampling was performed and questioning held. The case is handled with the 'snabbare lagföring' method. During the afternoon, police were contacted about a man standing on the E4 at the exit towards the hospital in Sundsvall.
Additional calls came in that the man, suspected to be intoxicated, had laid down in a ditch. Police found the man and took him into custody according to LOB. During the morning, police were contacted about an intoxicated man who did not want to leave a train in Sundsvall.
Police took the man, who is in his 20s, into custody according to LOB. In Örebro, police received a call about three men behaving as if they were under the influence of drugs in northern Örebro. Police patrols encountered the young men who indeed showed signs of drug influence.
The patrols took the men for sampling and questioning. During a body search, small amounts of narcotics were found on two of the men. Two men are now suspected of minor drug offenses regarding both possession and personal use.
In Skjulsta, a police patrol during the night of Sunday spotted a man who appeared to need help, according to police press spokesperson Martina Gradian. The man had narcotics and a knife-like object on him. In Haga, police were alerted to an unauthorized man at a preschool.
A detained person was taken for further questioning and identification, and the young people who were there to pick up alcohol left the scene. It is illegal to sell, purchase, or give away strong beer, wine, and spirits to persons under 20 years of age. Folköl may not be sold to young people under 18 years of age.
The family's legal representative stated there are indications she was drugged with benzodiazepines, and the family is convinced Karlström had sexual motives.
You must be 18 to buy alcohol in a restaurant. The penalty for supplying alcohol to underage persons is fines or imprisonment for up to two years, and up to four years for serious offenses. Parents are advised to talk to their children about alcohol and never buy alcohol for them, especially around school graduations and holidays.
In Nyköping, a man in his 20s was arrested on the night of Sunday suspected of gross weapons offense. Police were alerted to a residence in the Tystberga area after a man behaved threateningly. The man had left the scene when police arrived.
Police press spokesperson Mats Pettersson said police knew which car he was traveling in and had a good idea of where he was heading. The man was arrested a while later. Pettersson added that some form of weapon was likely found in the car.
The man is known to police from before, but not for any serious crime. In Sjöbo, a man was arrested after a traffic stop on Wednesday around 17:30. The man tried to flee and nearly ran over a police officer.
Police followed the car and found it at a farm; two men were found on a road, one linked to the car. The man is suspected of attempted murder and drug-impaired driving. In a separate case, Allan Karlström, 48, took 25-year-old Liselotte to a remote cabin in October 2022, assaulted and drowned her, then dumped her body over a cliff.
Karlström was sentenced to life in prison in May 2023. A childhood friend of Karlström, a father of young children in his 50s, was arrested in June and detained on suspicion of about ten rapes. Prosecutor Ida Annerstedt expects to charge the man on Tuesday with nine rapes against the same plaintiff, who was asleep, intoxicated, or drugged.
The rape case came to police attention when a private person handed in a USB stick and the man's driving license. The man admits sexual acts but claims there was consent. Traces of a breakdown product of Flunitrazepam were found in Liselotte's body; her family says she never used that sedative.
se, Fredrik Lindberg, the family's legal representative, described indications she was drugged with benzodiazepines, and the family is convinced Karlström had sexual motives. The investigation showed Karlström had a boundless and sexualized language and extensive consumption of pornography, often with gross sexualized violence against women. A 43-year-old father of two was found sleeping in a stairwell in Bredsand, slurring and unsteady, admitted taking drugs, and was placed in a police arrest cell to sober up; he died six hours later.
This death is one of 26 deaths in police arrests in Sweden over the past five years, according to Dagens ETC's investigation. A drowning alarm was received around noon at a lake near Liden, Sundsvall; rescue services found a person by 2 PM but could not comment on injuries. The Maritime Administration's rescue helicopter from Umeå was dispatched but turned back, according to Emma Nykvist.
In Sundsvall, a man made 20 trips to Germany from January 2018 to June 2019, smuggling 1,800 liters of alcohol. The man denied the crime, claiming he bought some beer for friends who may have sold it to youths. A woman took phone orders, handed over alcohol, and took payment; customers included those under 15, and the couple's minor daughter participated in sales.
The woman denied the crime, claiming she only gave alcohol to the man's friends. 27 youths testified they or a friend bought alcohol from the couple in their central Sundsvall apartment. Sundsvall District Court sentenced the man to 1 year 6 months for gross smuggling and gross illegal alcohol sales, and the woman to 6 months for gross illegal alcohol sales.
Customs seized 200,000 SEK in cash and 900 liters of alcohol from the couple's apartment. Two individuals described as executives of a Russian company were detained in Sundsvall on suspicion of serious sanctions violations after raids at the Kubal aluminum plant. The suspicions concern crimes that could threaten Sweden's and Europe's security, according to Sara Nilsson.
The British National Crime Agency uncovered a Russian money-laundering network involving billions of dollars operating across the UK to circumvent Western sanctions. MP and former Sweden Democrat William Petzäll is prosecuted for using narcotic medicine not prescribed for him, discovered via a urine sample in January. Petzäll denies wrongdoing, claiming he received the medicine from an addiction clinic he visits three times a week.
Petzäll was expelled from the Sweden Democrats last summer after refusing to give up his seat due to addiction problems; he later continued as an independent.
