https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cocaine is becoming cheaper and more common in Sweden, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of deaths related to the drug, according to a new investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20190404/record-cocaine-use-in-sweden-investigation-shows Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:03:43 +0200 record-cocaine-use-in-sweden-investigation-shows Prosecutors in Spain have decided to prosecute Jonas Falk for money laundering and tax evasion, El País reported this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20180930/spain-to-prosecute-swedish-cocaine-king-on-new-charges Sun, 30 Sep 2018 05:37:51 +0200 spain-to-prosecute-swedish-cocaine-king-on-new-charges Swedish customs officers seized a record amount of drugs last year, due largely to a number of large-volume drug-trafficking busts, but also because the demand for especially cannabis and amphetamine remains high. https://www.thelocal.se/20180215/swedish-customs-made-record-drug-busts-in-2017 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:38:56 +0100 swedish-customs-made-record-drug-busts-in-2017 A Swede has been jailed for five years for his part in a cocaine smuggling operation in which almost a hundred kilos of the drug worth millions of kronor were smuggled in containers filled with bananas and vegetables. https://www.thelocal.se/20161223/cocaine-bananas-worth-millions-earn-swede-and-american-jail-terms Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:40:03 +0100 cocaine-bananas-worth-millions-earn-swede-and-american-jail-terms A Swedish teen's unusual explanation in court for why she tested positive for narcotics after being stopped by police in Malmö last year has been causing a stir on social media. https://www.thelocal.se/20160208/swedish-teen-beats-cocaine-rap-with-french-kiss-defence Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:24:12 +0100 swedish-teen-beats-cocaine-rap-with-french-kiss-defence A 35-year-old woman faces charges for aggravated narcotic crimes after police found 15 kilogrammes of unusually high-concentrated cocaine in her car. https://www.thelocal.se/20140729/swede-charged-for-remarkably-pure-cocaine-bust Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:24:00 +0200 swede-charged-for-remarkably-pure-cocaine-bust Sweden's "cocaine king" was released from charges last week in Sweden. But freedom was fleeting, as the court decided on Friday that he will remain imprisoned while awaiting transfer to courts in Spain. https://www.thelocal.se/20140704/swedish-cocaine-king-faces-spanish-court Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:51:00 +0200 swedish-cocaine-king-faces-spanish-court Police are intensifying their efforts to quash a network of 40 children forced into drug dealing in southern Stockholm, some as young as eight years old. Older children in the gang are reportedly paid in drugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20140219/stockholm-children-peddle-drugs-varberg Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:09:00 +0100 stockholm-children-peddle-drugs-varberg Police uncovered 120 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in a house in southern Sweden, a haul with an estimated street value of at least 100 million kronor ($15.5 million) and one of the biggest ever stash found by police in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20131017/50842 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:32:00 +0200 50842 A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison after he was caught smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine into Sweden as part of what has been labelled Sweden's "biggest ever" cocaine ring. https://www.thelocal.se/20130308/46624 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:16:00 +0100 46624 A man who swallowed capsules of cocaine to smuggle into Sweden has been jailed for five years after turning himself into border security at the airport “feeling unwell”. https://www.thelocal.se/20120823/42792 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:07:00 +0200 42792 A man's happy-go-lucky night at a Stockholm pub took an abrupt turn for the worse on Saturday when he offered cocaine to a new-found friend that turned out to be an off-duty police officer. https://www.thelocal.se/20120410/40166 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:32:00 +0200 40166 Eight people have been charged for their part in the “biggest ever” cocaine ring in Sweden, in which several tons of cocaine at a value of 4.5 billion kronor ($665 million) had been imported from Colombia. https://www.thelocal.se/20120326/39896 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:16:00 +0200 39896 Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with Sweden's “biggest-ever” cocaine bust that netted worth an estimated 145 million kronor ($21 million) from what police believe is a Balkan-based smuggling operation. https://www.thelocal.se/20111229/38206 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:13:00 +0100 38206 A police officer with the narcotics unit of the Gothenburg police department is facing drugs charges after his girlfriend turned him in when she became annoyed that the cocaine-snorting cop tried to phone a prostitute. https://www.thelocal.se/20111117/37414 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:00 +0100 37414 Swedish children's television star and magazine editor Ola Lindholm was convicted and fined 1,500 kronor ($227) on Monday for cocaine use in a case which has left him out of job and in the media spotlight. https://www.thelocal.se/20110912/36092 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:42:00 +0200 36092 In the wake of recent cocaine scandals, Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has left the board of a Swedish natural remedies and herbal supplements company. https://www.thelocal.se/20110727/35190 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:20:00 +0200 35190 Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt, the star of the Oscar-winning film "In a Better World", has lost his role as an ambassador for the UN's children's fund Unicef after being caught using cocaine. https://www.thelocal.se/20110331/32928 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:34:00 +0200 32928 A Swedish citizen has been deported from Colombia to Sweden, suspected of serious drugs offences and of being the leader of a cocaine smuggling ring. https://www.thelocal.se/20101228/31112 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:14:00 +0100 31112 People who have used cocaine are at a greater risk of becoming addicted even after long drug-free periods, researchers at Linköping University have discovered. https://www.thelocal.se/20100917/29080 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:09:00 +0200 29080