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The latest measure in the government’s work against gang crime and blasting is aimed at the supply side, that is, cutting off the supply of explosives.
– The supply side is about trying to stop the smuggling of illegal explosives and ensuring that civilian explosives don’t end up in the wrong hands, says Mikael Damberg.
The police have observed that civilian explosives are increasingly used in criminal conflicts.
– Hand grenades have been replaced by homemade bombs, says Stefan Hector, head of Noa’s operational unit.
Therefore, the government wants to toughen regulations on the handling of civil explosives. Among other things, this means better controlling the people who are granted permission to handle them.
– The industry has shown a great fix and introduced the national explosives card, stricter identification controls when delivering explosives, and personnel safety tests. Now we are going one step further and introducing suitability checks before granting permits, says Mikael Damberg.
The idea is to introduce more suitability checks and to carry them out more frequently, as well as facilitating the revocation of permits.
A new bill has been drafted, which is now being referred to the Legal Council, Damberg explains.
It is proposed that the new rules apply from August.
