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Two diesel thieves arrested after police chase
A police patrol was able to arrest two men in their 35s who hosed diesel out of a truck at a traffic stop in Laholm on Friday night.
The men fled the scene over a game fence and into rough terrain where they could then be arrested, the police write on their website. A truck and several telephones have been confiscated and the men are suspected of theft.
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Two cars have burned in Halmstad
The police were called to Odengatan in Halmstad because two cars had caught fire.
The fire is suspected to be arson and a report of damage by fire has been drawn up. No one has been arrested yet.
SMHI issues orange weather warning
SMHI has issued an orange weather warning for wind and snowfall for parts of Härjedalsfjällen and Jämtlandsfjällen on Friday.
People are strongly discouraged from going out on the mountain because, among other things, there is a high risk of frostbite and because the harsh weather can make it very difficult to orientate yourself on the mountain.
Several yellow weather warnings have also been issued. Among other things, for wind in northern Dalarna and large parts of southern Norrland and for snowfall in northern Ångermanland and parts of Västerbotten.
A yellow weather warning has also been issued for wind combined with snowfall on the Calf mountain. As well as gales for parts of the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Riga, the Åland Sea, the Archipelago Sea, the Gulf of Finland and parts of the Bothnian Sea.
Snap reflex is revoked
Inter Agenturer is recalling reflexes of the snap-reflex type because they are too poorly visible and provide false security, the Consumer Agency states.
Inter Agenturer AB is recalling reflectors with article number 10029. The products have been sold during the period 2019-03-08 to 2021-11-04.
Murdaugh guilty of high-profile murders
The trial against Alex Murdaugh, 54, is over.
Last night, the jury’s decision came after just three hours of deliberations.
He is guilty of the murders of his wife Maggie, 52, and youngest son Paul, 22, who were found shot to death outside the family’s hunting lodge in South Carolina in June 2021.
It has been one of the most high profile murder cases in the US in recent years with a number of strange twists and turns.
You can read more about the murders here.
US sends more ammunition to Ukraine
The United States will announce a new arms package to Ukraine on Friday, consisting mainly of ammunition, said John Kirby, a spokesman for the US National Security Council.
“It will mostly include ammunition and munitions that Ukrainians will need for the systems they already have,” says Kirby.
The package includes, among other things, vehicles with portable bridge systems, artillery shells and rockets for the Himars rocket artillery system, according to US defense sources. It is valued at around 400 million dollars, equivalent to 4.2 billion kroner. (TT)
Companies are allowed to produce cocaine
A Canadian pharmaceutical company has been granted a license to produce and sell cocaine, in an effort to get drug users to shun more unreliable street drugs.
In January, an exemption from the Criminal Code was granted in the province of British Columbia to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for three years.
It is hoped it will reduce the record number of drug poisoning deaths that have hit the province, with more than 10,000 deaths since 2016. (TT)
Man shot in residence
A man has been shot indoors in a home in Tullinge in Botkyrka south of Stockholm.
He has gunshot wounds to his upper body.
The man has been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter, the police say.
The crime scene is cordoned off and will be examined by technicians.
The police use a helicopter and dog patrol in the hunt for the perpetrators.
The alarm about the shooting came at 0.11.
Ericsson receives a billion fine
The US Department of Justice fines Ericsson the equivalent of SEK 2.2 billion, TT reports.
It’s all about a bribery scandal in Iraq.
After an episode of Uppdrag Granskning, Ericsson announced in mid-February 2022 that bribes may have been paid to the terrorist sect Islamic State (IS) in Iraq.
American authorities then began to investigate the incident.
An investigation was also started in Sweden, but the Public Prosecutor’s Office dropped the preliminary investigation into suspected bribery.
Tennessee to ban drag shows
Lawmakers in the US state of Tennessee have passed a law banning drag shows in public places, or where children can see them.
It reports, among other things CNN.
For the law to pass, it must also be signed by Governor Bill Lee – something he has now promised to do.
The law will then enter into force on 1 July.
Similar proposals are underway in at least a dozen other Republican-controlled states in the United States.
Critics condemn the law, saying it violates the US Constitution. They believe that it will lead to more violence and harassment against transgender people.
Cut the roll lid with a screwdriver – was damaged
An employee at a Coop store in Luleå was injured during this year’s roll production, writes NSD.
The female employee used a screwdriver to saw off the lids of the rolls. Then she got her finger stuck in the screwdriver’s cutting tool.
She was injured so seriously that she needed surgery – and is now on sick leave for 12 weeks.
According to NSD, the Work Environment Agency has been involved
Teenager stabbed in Solna
A boy in his early teens has been stabbed in Solna.
“He is bleeding after being injured with a knife on Evenemangsgatan and is being cared for by security guards,” the police write on their website. The teenager is said to have been attacked by two unknown perpetrators whom he met at a nearby mall.
In addition to the injured teenager, the security guards have control over a number of other young people, but none of these are suspected of crimes after being checked by the police.
The injured teenager has been taken to hospital by ambulance.
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