Police in Åfors, Sweden, arrested three men suspected of copper theft at the abandoned Åfors glasbruk glass factory on March 2, 2026. According to police officer Mikael Sjöström, who was involved in the investigation, all three suspects are well-known to authorities. The arrests occurred after a night patrol noticed a parked car outside Folket hus in Åfors that aroused their suspicion.
When officers stopped to investigate, they discovered fresh footprints in newly fallen snow that led directly to the closed glass factory located nearby. The factory had been shut down since 2013. In a related development, a separate copper theft incident was reported in Höganäs on March 3, where approximately 200 meters of downpipes were stolen from the Kullaplast factory, indicating a pattern of similar crimes in the region.