New police officers can have their entire training paid for if they stay in the profession for at least eight years after graduating from the police academy. This is proposed by the government and the Sweden Democrats.
Swedish politicsA package from the US contained 32 kilos of cannabis. Five people are now being charged with aggravated drug smuggling, among other things.
CrimeThree people are being charged with aggravated drug smuggling after police discovered cannabis hidden in a shipment of solar cells, P4 Gävleborg reports.
CrimeThe largest amount of heroin seized ever and continued historically high levels of cocaine - this is how the Swedish Customs describes last year, based on new statistics.
SwedenThe ship suspected of causing the cable break between Finland and Estonia on New Year's Eve was carrying steel products subject to EU sanctions, according to Finnish Customs. Two crew members have been arrested.
WorldThe number of hand grenades used in bombings in Sweden has more than doubled compared with last year. At the same time, Customs has not seized a single hand grenade at the border.
SwedenThe prosecutor will not open a preliminary investigation into the Russian cargo ship Adler, which was anchored off Höganäs and was then boarded. The ship can now leave Swedish waters, according to Swedish Customs.
SwedenToxic, flammable and electrically conductive – this year, customs have had a record number of products destroyed that would otherwise have ended up in Swedish homes. Most of them are toys. We may have saved many lives, says Sukhwinder Kaur at the Swedish Customs.
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