The man is described by police as a young person, over 15 but under 20 years old. He was arrested on Thursday and is considered to have had a major impact on serious violence, mainly in the South Police Region, but also in other parts of the country.
According to police, Jordanian and Swedish authorities have been cooperating on the investigation for more than a year.
Jordan is a country where we have developed our cooperation, both operationally and strategically. We are keen to be where the criminals who influence crime in Sweden are, says Anders Wiberg, head of the international unit at the National Police Department (Noa), to TT.
We cannot be everywhere, so we must work with cooperation in every way.
“Very serious crime”
The arrested person is being held in absentia on suspicion of causing public danger, incitement to arson, aggravated assault in a court case, incitement to prepare for arson, incitement to violate the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods, an especially serious crime, and incitement to commit a serious weapons crime.
Anders Wiberg does not want to say which criminal network is involved, other than that it is based in southern Sweden and has connections to other networks in the country.
Wiberg does not want to comment on which specific events the suspect is believed to have been involved in.
But it is a very serious crime.
Wants to develop cooperation
Sweden will request the suspect’s extradition. How long it will take remains to be seen, Wiberg says.
We have not had too many of these in Jordan, so we will see.
How many do you think are hiding in Jordan?
We do not want to go into how many there are, for operational and tactical police reasons. But we want to develop our cooperation with Jordan even further, if you will, says Wiberg.
He says it is important for the police to “move forward positions on the international stage”.
Cooperation with many other countries is to be deepened.
What do you think?