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full screen The investigation into the fatal explosion at a row of terraced houses in Fullerö outside Uppsala in September has led the police to large explosives seizures. Archive image. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT
A total of 24 tons of explosives have been seized in three months within the framework of an ongoing police investigation into serious crimes with gang connections, Upsala Nya Tidning reports.
The investigation concerns, among other things, the bombing in Fullerö outside Uppsala in September, where a young woman was killed, and the seizure of around 200 kilos of explosives in Björklinge shortly afterwards.
– The investigations into the cases in Fullerö and Björklinge led us further. Between November and January, the police seized a total of 24 tons of explosives in Norrland and the Stockholm area, says Anton Widmark of the Uppsala police to UNT.
The seizures consist, among other things, of the approximately ten tons of explosives that a man in his 70s is suspected of having stored on an industrial site in Haparanda.
The case is described by the police as unique in its scope.
Exactly how the various findings and events are connected, the police do not want to go into more detail. But both the Fullerödådet and the Björkling seizure are believed to have connections to the criminal Foxtrot network.
The seized explosives are usually used in mines and on construction sites. Anton Widmark states for UNT that some batches have been traced to companies, which for unknown reasons did not report any thefts to the police.