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Tons of gold smuggled to Switzerland

An Italian man has been arrested by Swiss police, suspected of leading a league that smuggled seven tons of gold to Switzerland.

For five years, gold jewelry, coins and gold bars have been run across the border – with the gold hidden in secret compartments behind the car’s dashboard or in the clothing of the car chairs. Part of the gold has been passed on to Germany.

The suspected 65-year-old man forged certificate to deceive jewelers in Switzerland on the origin of gold.

According to Swiss police, the country’s state fund has been deceived at 25 million Swiss Franc – almost SEK 300 million – in taxes and fees, Swissinfo reports.

Chaos in ambulance – spit and turned on the staff

A patient unbuttoned and attacked the ambulance staff in Sandviken.

According to police, the man, who is 65 years old, must have both beaten and spit on them.

The man was then rewarded with mock hood and handcuff during the continued journey to the hospital.

According to police, he is suspected of violence against an official or attempted violence against an official.

The ambulance staff should not have been physically injured.

Malmer Stenergard in conversation with Rubio

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) has spoken to US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio.

During Thursday’s phone call, they discussed, among other things, the Ukraine War.

“I repeated that support for Ukraine is the top priority of the Swedish government. We must work together to ensure a fair and sustainable peace in Ukraine, ”writes Maria Malmer Stenergard at X after the conversation.

She further writes that Sweden and the United States have a strong relationship with several common interests and are now also allies in NATO.

Fire on the student boat in Karlskrona

It has burned on the student boat in Karlskrona.

The police and the rescue service we were alerted at 21.30.

“We suspect it was landscaped, and a person has remained on the boat when we arrived there,” says Patric Fors, press officer at the police.

A 55-year-old man, who is known to the police since before, is suspected of damage through fire and illegal infringement.

Also on Saturday it burned on the student boat. The fire then arose in connection with cooking, writes the newspaper.

Trump introducing new customs – all over the world

US President Donald Trump has ordered his advisers to calculate individual customs duties against US trading partners worldwide, reports New York Times.

“The US allies are often worse than our enemies,” he tells the overall press.

Sky News Writes that the new customs could create “a global economic conflict”.

According to a source within the White House, customs rates are to match the fees that other countries charged by the United States.

According to Trump, the customs apply, among other things, cars and drugs.

The first customs will be rolled out within a few weeks, but the work on introducing all new customs fees is expected to take several months.

Girl robbed at school – by masked persons

A 15-year-old girl has been robbed on her way home from her school in Landskrona.

The police were alerted at 17 on Thursday.

“The girl says that three unknown and masked people have forced her belongings,” the police write on their website.

The incident is investigated as robbery.

Suspected dangerous object was harmless

A suspected dangerous object has been found outdoors at a wall in Fittja in Botkyrka.

– We found the object ourselves. It really started with a completely different thing and this became a bonus effect of an already started event, says Ola Österling, press spokesman for the police.

Ola Österling does not want to comment on what the police did at the scene – when the object was discovered.

What is the type of object?

– I do not want to answer that before I have received confirmed information about what it is about, says Ola Österling.

The place has been blocked off.

– There is no danger to third parties.

Bomb technicians have been called to the scene.

Update 19.18: The object was harmless, police say.

Robert F Kennedy Jr. Become New Health Minister

Robert F Kennedy Jr. becomes new health minister in the United States, reports US media.

The Senate voted through the decision – with 52 votes for and 48 votes against.

Uncertain ice after weather change – great caution is required

After several drowning accidents at ice activities warns Swedish life -saving company and the Iss Safety Council for uncertain ice conditions.

Mild weather and rainfall have meant that previously stable ice has melted, frozen and weakened, especially in areas where it is flowing.

The public is therefore urged to extra caution when staying on the ice until conditions have stabilized.

Woman gave birth to daughter in the subway – passengers cut the umbilical cord

On Wednesday, passengers in New York’s subway got to witness the miracle of life.

It was on a southbound train in Manhattan that a 25-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy daughter at 11.30 in the morning. It reports the Transport Authority in New York, according to NBC.

A video from the event that has gone viral shows how passengers help to take care of the newly -released girl.

Two women on the train even helped to cut the umbilical cord, NBC writes.

After several passengers alerted the train driver, the train was stopped and the woman could be taken to hospital where she and her daughter are reported to feel good, CBS writes.

New weather stations provide better avalanche forecasts

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has installed nine new weather stations in the Swedish mountains to improve avalanche forecasts, reports SVT Jämtland.

One of them is located at the top of Hovdehögen in Bydalsfjällen, where the wind conditions play a crucial role because avalanches are often triggered in high terrain.

These stations are important both for providing the avalanche forecast service with reliable information and for strengthening the security work in the mountain environment.

200 years old church bell tracelessly disappeared

Two church bells have been stolen from Hjärtlanda church outside Sävsjö – one of which was almost 200 years old. It reports SVT Jönköping.

The church pastor Pär Sjöstrand suspects that the bells may already have been melted down, as there is no market to sell them in existing condition.

The theft was discovered by the church attendant at the beginning of last week, and the incident has been reported to the police.

New church bells have been ordered to replace the stolen at Hjärtlanda church, according to SVT Jönköping.

Man squeezed between truck and passenger car

Police have been alerted to Båstad as a man was pinched between two vehicles.

On his website, the police write that the man who is 50 years old has been squeezed when a passenger car with a trailer has backed.

The man is taken to hospital by ambulance. His injury situation is currently unknown.

Record seizures of drugs in 2024

The Customs Administration seized record amounts of drugs in Sweden in 2024, where cocaine and drug tablets increased most, reports SVT Skåne.

A total of up to 1.6 tonnes of cocaine and 4.8 million drug tablets were confiscated, mainly in southern Sweden, which is an important smuggling road for organized crime.

At the same time, the seizures of cannabis decreased to 6,069 kilos and amphetamine to 780 kilos compared to 2023, but the levels are still historically high.

A clear trend is that more and more drugs are smuggled via package shipments. The seizure of weapons parts has also increased sharply, especially in southern Sweden.