The son’s plea: “Can I get some sleep, please?” • The SMS conversations • The find: ICA bag with drugs
The narcotics police raided an apartment in Sundsvall following suspicions of drug activity.
A woman in her 30s and her boyfriend of the same age were found asleep in bed and arrested. Close to SEK 200,000 in cash and a quantity of narcotics were found in the residence. But a car key was also found at the scene.
When the police took the key and unlocked the vehicle in the parking lot, they found, among other things, an ICA bag containing a large number of portion-packed narcotics. The police therefore suspected that the couple worked selling drugs.
But when investigators went through the woman’s cell phone, they got a shock.
The ICA bag where the drugs were found.
The ICA bag where the drugs were found.
Photo: Image from the police preliminary investigation.
The chat reveals the mother: “You get money”
The woman’s cell phone contained conversations with her son, who is under 15 years old.
There it appeared that the mother, according to the suspicions, used the boy as a drug courier.
The mother: Go to town after school. And work a little. You get money for them.
The son: I can’t stand it, I’ve been at school all day from 08.15-1530
The mother: No, please. We are in Stockholm
The son: Can I get some sleep, please
The mother: No, you can do it in the apartment. (…) Only there and home. Not all night I promise
The son’s plea: I can hardly walk
In the further conversation, the boy was apparently pressured by the mother. She wrote, among other things, that she swishes him if he performs the services.
The son: Nah, but here I am working all day, then I have to get out in the rain, get wet, sit on a bus for an hour and then go home tonight, I can’t take it, I’m not you, I almost spat today , can hardly walk, feel sick, stomach ache, but still I was there all day
The mother: Go there, please, and I’ll call you sick tomorrow. So you can sleep. Please.
The son: How much do I get
The mother: Swisher 500
Son: The bus in costs SEK 50 there and back then I will be home late as hell
The mother: Okay. Work 2 hours. Then go to grandpa
Money that the mother and son have earned.
Money that the mother and son have earned.
Photo: Image from the police preliminary investigation.
Went around by bus and electric scooter
According to the preliminary investigation, from July to September the boy traveled around on an electric scooter or by bus and delivered drugs to various customers in Sundsvall.
The woman and her boyfriend are charged with serious drug offenses after possessing cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine and Bromazolam tablets. They are also facing trial for involving a minor in delinquency after exploiting the boy. During questioning, the mother did not want to comment on the suspicions.
The trial against the couple starts in Sundsvall district court on Friday. The prosecutor does not want to comment on the case with regard to the child.