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Danish police mentioned the investigation into “Operation Goldfinger”, but unlike gold smuggling like in the 1964 James Bond movie “Goldfinger”, the criminal network was suspected of bringing a total of nine tons of cocaine to Sweden and Denmark.
– The drug was smuggled into Denmark from the Netherlands and Belgium, and then vehicles with highly advanced payrolls were used. Since then, part of this drug was smuggled into Sweden. There, it has been stored in different places, distributed and sold in different parts of the country, says chamber prosecutor Peter Ståhl, who led the Swedish investigation.
Danish investigation It started in the fall of 2018, but through an exchange of information with the Swedish police, a preliminary investigation was also launched in Sweden in early 2019. The Swedish police, among other things, had secret surveillance cameras against addresses where He suspected that the cocaine was hidden and against a Malmö restaurant, which the Swedish main suspect was driving.
– There were frequent meetings with people who were arrested and suspicious. They had meetings there every day. We couldn’t see any drug deals right there, but the restaurant was central as it was a meeting place for the people involved, says Peter Ståhl.
On June 26 of last year, the Danish and Swedish police attacked at the same time. About 10 suspected people were arrested in Sweden and about 30 in Denmark. Police also confiscated drugs and large amounts of cash, as well as vehicles with hidden payrolls, which were used to smuggle cocaine and money.
Swedish director He had a counterpart across the strait in Copenhagen, where his cousin is suspected to be the director. Now they and 13 other men are being prosecuted in the Copenhagen District Court, suspected of smuggling and selling nine tons of cocaine over a seven-year period.
“We handed over the director, her closest husband and another person, who was further down the hierarchy, to Denmark for prosecution,” says Peter Ståhl.
Several other men who were deprived of their liberty have been sentenced to long prison terms in Swedish courts for receiving drugs from the network. Two other suspects had left Sweden at the time of the strike. They are detained in his absence and sought internationally.
