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Four Sentenced for Drug Offenses Following Phone Discovery

Four people are sentenced by Värmland's district court to ten years' imprisonment each for extremely serious narcotics offenses. The evidence has partly been obtained from a tapped phone.

» Updated: 16 July 2024, 15:58

» Published: 04 July 2024

Four Sentenced for Drug Offenses Following Phone Discovery
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Four people are sentenced to ten years in prison each by the Värmland District Court for extremely serious drug offenses.

The evidence has partly been obtained from a seized telephone.

In September 2023, two men are stopped in a rental car with a boat trailer in Värmland near the border to Norway. The men claim to be on a fishing trip, but the customs officials who stopped them become suspicious. Nearly 250 kilograms of cannabis are found in the car and boat.

While waiting for reinforcements, one of the men throws a mobile phone into a nearby body of water. However, the phone can be fished out – and it contains extensive evidence that the trip to Värmland was part of a large, well-organized drug operation involving several people.

In addition to the two men arrested at the border, two more people have been linked to the extensive drug trade, which is said to have been operated from Bålsta outside Stockholm.

"The individuals have had different positions in what can be likened to a well-organized company. The handling has been entirely commercial," says the presiding judge, Carolina Andersson, in a press release.

The four involved men are now sentenced to ten years in prison each for multiple counts of extremely serious drug offenses and serious drug offenses. Two of them are also sentenced for extremely serious drug smuggling.

Chat conversations reveal that more people were involved in the gang, but they have not been identified.

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