The man was on his way from Costa Rica to Brussels when he was stopped at Madrid airport because his luggage tested positive for drugs.
The cocaine was packaged in nine cylinders wrapped in paper.
The police investigation shows that the man was likely recruited by a drug-smuggling network. There is also information indicating he has made several trips as a drug courier to other countries.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry confirms to Expressen that a man of the same age was detained in Spain in June and that he is "being provided with consular support by the embassy in Madrid."
