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The tree spans three lanes of traffic. Photo: Reader image

A tree has fallen over cars on Drottningholmsvägen in Stockholm.

The emergency services are on site and are directing traffic while they try to remove the tree, which is currently over three lanes of traffic. According to the Rescue Service, two cars were hit by the tree.

An ambulance is on the scene, but there are currently no reports of injuries.

Six people are sentenced to between four and nine years in prison for serious drug smuggling and particularly serious drug crimes, the Gothenburg District Court states in a press release.

It concerns two loads of cannabis of 500 kilos each, which were shipped in containers from Canada to the port of Gothenburg in October last year and in February this year.

After the narcotics were discovered by customs, the police placed recording equipment in the container and let the delivery proceed to the final destination Norrköping. Telephone tapping and drone surveillance have also been used in the reconnaissance work.

The district court is now sentencing the six people for various involvement in the crimes.

The total market value of the drugs is estimated to be approximately SEK 124 million.

A German tanker carrying fuel oil catches fire in the Baltic Sea, reports Echo.

Seven crew members have been brought ashore by the sea rescue, writes the channel and refers to German media.

Firefighters are now working to fight the flames.

One of Ireland’s most wanted men, Sean McGovern, has been arrested by Interpol in Dubai.

“This is thanks to the joint efforts of the Irish authorities and the United Arab Emirates,” Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock said in a statement.

Sean McGovern is said to be Irish cartel kingpin Christy Kinahan’s right-hand man.

He has been wanted for over two years and is suspected of murder and of having conducted organized crime.

Irish authorities now want him extradited.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was presented today at 11 a.m., directly from the City Hall in Oslo.

This year, the award goes to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo. The movement consists of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The movement works against nuclear weapons and for something like this to never happen again.

A total of 286 candidates have been nominated for this year’s award.

According to Reuters, the battery factory Northvolt is now discussing a financing solution of 200 million euros with the help of investors and lenders. Reuters refers the data to three anonymous sources.

The amount corresponds to approximately SEK 2.3 billion.

On the night of Friday, two people in Hageby in Norrköping alerted the police that someone had threatened them with a weapon-like object.

A hunt for the perpetrator was launched and half an hour later the police were able to arrest a suspect.

At first, several people were detained, who were later released.

During the morning, the police worked on investigative measures in Hageby. Among other things, a residence has been cordoned off.

In the morning, no one was further detained in the case. A person is suspected of aggravated weapons offenses and aggravated unlawful threats.

Two 16-year-old boys are now charged with murder plans in Denmark. The prosecutor has also filed an evidentiary charge against a 14-year-old girl for aiding and abetting the same crime.

The one boy was arrested at the central station in Stockholm in July. The prosecutor suspects that the boy was on his way to Denmark at the time to commit the murder.

– The investigation shows that the 16-year-old received instructions through the Signal app to shoot dead a person unknown to us in Denmark. I mean that he would take the train to Malmö and from there go on to Copenhagen to carry out the murder mission, says prosecutor Helena Westöö, who is the head of the preliminary investigation.

He would have received SEK 150,000 for the assignment.

Ebba Busch comments on the motorcycle top that was at Jimmy Åkesson’s wedding.

– Had I known about it, I would not have been there, says Ebba Busch.

A distinct smell of fish has spread around Munkebäckstorget in Gothenburg, writes GP.

According to the newspaper, the smell is said to come from a Coop store in the area. The odor is said to be a result of new EU directives regarding food waste and a shrimp campaign the store recently had.

According to the new directives, all food must be unpacked from its original packaging before it is thrown away – including fish and shellfish.

According to store manager Hussein Nazari, smell has never been a problem – until Saturday.

– We had a shrimp campaign that went wrong. We had a little too much shrimp left over, he tells GP.

Store employees tried to call in extra garbage collection, but such was delayed.

There are currently major disruptions in Stockholm’s public transport.

All commuter train lines are affected by heavy delays due to switch faults and signal faults. Canceled departures and irregular traffic will occur.

On its website, SL flagged that the journey planner can show incorrect information and that trains can run past certain stations.

Even the subway’s green line has problems due to switch failures. Lines 17, 18 and 19 are affected.

Disruptions and delays are said to continue for the rest of the day.

Two Swedish citizens have been arrested in Greece after a woman in her 30s was found dead in her apartment in Nyfors in Eskilstuna earlier in September.

The two people have been internationally wanted, suspected of the murder. They were arrested on Wednesday, the Prosecutor’s Office states in a press release.

At the same time, four people were arrested and detained in Sweden, also those suspected of involvement in the murder. According to the authority, they all come from Södermanland.

Several of those arrested are said to have been related to the woman, Greek media reports.

According to the information, one of those arrested in Greece, a man in his 30s, is suspected of having murdered his wife.

In connection with the arrests, the police in Athens have confiscated, among other things, mobile phones and clothes to be sent to Sweden, the newspaper writes Kathimerini.

A person who worked to block off the Northern Link has been beaten when he tried to prevent an unauthorized person from walking around in the tunnels. This is what the police write on their website.

The unauthorized person is a man in his 40s. He is taken into police custody and stun guns are used during the intervention.

The man was taken into care with support in the Act on Compulsory Psychiatric Care.

The police in Landskrona were to carry out a traffic control on a moped when the driver fled the scene.

– It was a normal traffic control with a number of patrols standing by the side of the road. A moped rider then chose to dodge despite being waved to him to stop, says police spokesperson Katarina Rusin.

A chase began, but ended abruptly when the moped driver hit one of the police officers.

– The police were on foot and had tried to stop him. In connection with that, he was hit.

The driver, who was a 17-year-old boy, had to be taken to hospital by ambulance after the crash. He is said to have received minor injuries.

The police officer who was hit did not have to accompany him to the hospital.

The boy drove a tuned moped. He is now suspected of negligence in traffic, causing bodily harm and illegal driving.

According to the police, the criminal classification of violence against an official is not relevant at the moment.