There was an alarm about people behaving suspiciously, which first led the police to the Malmö apartment on Saturday evening. The police found a left-behind pistol but then left the site.
It was not until later that the alarm about a suspected burglary at the same location came in – then they caught the suspected perpetrators red-handed as they were ransacking the residence.
All five are detained and are over 18 years. I will not go into any ages beyond that, says police spokesperson Nils Norling to Sydsvenskan.
The seizure of 250 kilos of cocaine is unusually large and corresponds to a street value of over 225 million kronor, according to the newspaper. After the raid, police with automatic weapons have been monitoring the neighborhood, which is normally made up of families with small children.
The criminal suspicions are currently extremely severe drug offenses, severe weapons offenses, and severe burglary.
