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The preliminary investigation began in early 2019 on particularly serious drug offenses and particularly serious drug smuggling. Those involved must have been part of a larger drug network that has been active in both Malmö and Copenhagen.
The alleged crime consisted of smuggling hundreds of kilos of drugs from Denmark to Sweden, for subsequent distribution here. The network must have had two branches, one in each country. Each branch has had its own director.
For a long time in Denmark, a preliminary investigation was conducted against a large drug network suspected of smuggling tons of cocaine from the Netherlands and Belgium to Denmark. The drug was destined for a Swedish and Danish market.
I supervised a restaurant
In the spring of 2019, closer cooperation was established between the countries involved. The preliminary investigation has been under the name “Goldfinger”, writes the Prosecutor’s Office in a press release.
– In the framework of the Swedish preliminary investigation, we used secret coercive means, secret interception of electronic communications and secret surveillance of electronic communications towards several suspects, says the public prosecutor Peter Ståhl.
– We also applied and were granted surveillance by the secret chamber of the district court to the addresses where we suspected the drug was stored and to a restaurant run by the director where we knew there were daily meetings between the suspects and where we also suspected that that money (cash) Drug sales were managed.
On June 26, a coordinated strike was held in Denmark and Sweden. On the Swedish side, about ten people were deprived of their liberty, including the head of the drug network and his closest man. On the Danish side, some thirty people were deprived of liberty.
The detainees also included several people who were on a lower platform in the hierarchy of the drug network. It is suspected in part of having transported and transferred the drug to Sweden.
They managed to leave the country
In connection with the coordinated grant, medicines and large amounts of cash were also seized. Vehicles with advanced payroll space used to carry out the smuggling were also seized.
Two of the suspects on the Swedish side had left the country. They are detained in his absence and sought internationally.
A person from the Swedish network was sentenced in January 2020 by the High Court on Skåne and Blekinge for three serious drug offenses (transport and transfer of contraband drugs) to prison for five years.
Three people from the Swedish side of the drug network have been transferred to Denmark in the late summer and fall of 2019. On the one hand, they are the main man and their closest man.
Cars with maple compartments are available from the police.
The third person is suspected to be primarily responsible for handling money from drug sales.
– Since all three could be suspected of crimes in both Sweden and Denmark, I decided at the request of the Danish authorities that the prosecution of these would be carried out entirely in Denmark, says Peter Ståhl.
Parts of the prosecutor’s evidence against the Swedish drug network were also handed over to Denmark. Including vehicles with maple compartments and mobile phones with interesting information.
– The cooperation between the police and the Swedish and Danish tax authorities worked very well. Prosecution in Denmark is a shining example of what the authorities’ joint approach to cross-border cooperation can result in. A large and well-organized network in drug trafficking has been removed, concludes Peter Ståhl.
