A man has been transported from Rosengård in Malmö, writes South Sweden.
The man has been singled out as a driving factor in gang crime in Rosengård, and if he sets foot in the district, he risks up to a year in prison.
The 26-year-old man grew up in Rosengård and has been part of a criminal gang since his teens, according to the police survey.
The man has a history of several serious crimes. In 2020, he was sentenced to two years in prison after cycling around Rosengård with a k-piste in his waistband. On several occasions he has been caught wearing a protective vest and in cars with drugs, but without being convicted of any crime.
At the end of May this year, the police were called to a courtyard in Rosengård due to a fight. At the scene was the 26-year-old man who was arguing with a family, and according to witnesses, he allegedly pointed a weapon at a person and told the person that he was going to die.
Was carbon dioxide gun
It turned out that the weapon was a carbon dioxide gun, and the police therefore had to cancel the arrest.
Despite that, he is expected to be prosecuted for gross illegal threats, and now he has been transported from Rosengård. The stay ban applies to the entire area as well as the adjacent area of Persborg, where the criminal gangs often hide narcotics and firearms.
The law on preventive stay bans was introduced on 1 February this year and means that people can be removed from specific areas even though no crime has been committed. The purpose of the law is to increase safety in the public and to prevent crimes from being committed in it.
Not registered in the area
It is the first time the new law is used in Malmö.
The decision to transfer the 26-year-old from Rosengård applies as of Thursday and six months from now.
According to Sydsvenskan, the man has opposed the decision. He states, among other things, that he recently managed to get an internship in the area which could lead to employment, but despite that he is allowed to stay in the area.
– He himself is not registered in the population register in the area, nor does he have any family members who live there, says prosecutor Oscar Campos to Sydsvenskan.