Eleven Sentenced for "Strawberry" Cocaine Haul
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1.3 tons of cocaine were seized in a container at the port of Norvik in Nynäshamn last spring. Eleven people are now being sentenced after what is the largest cocaine seizure in Sweden to date. Gang leader Ismail Abdo, who was arrested in Turkey last week, is suspected of having organized the transport.
Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has posted a clip online, with what is said to be footage from the arrest of gang leader Ismail Abdo. The country wants to make up for the image as a haven for criminals, according to Aras Lindh, an analyst at FOI.
"I want to thank the Swedish and Norwegian police authorities." 360 million kronor was seized in the raids.


A Norwegian man in his 30s is identified as the leader of a criminal network in Turkey. The man is linked, among other things, to the Young Bloods gang in Norway.
The arrest of Swedish gang leader Ismail “Jordgubben” Abdo could lead to increased conflict both within and between criminal networks. “We have seen examples of this before in Sweden and we cannot rule out that it will happen again,” says Manne Gerell, a researcher in criminology at Malmö University.
A leading Swedish criminal network leader arrested in Turkey The head of one of the largest criminal organisations in Sweden, accused of causing an upsurge in violent crimes, was arrested in Turkey, announced the Swedish police on Friday. "As part of a law enforcement operation in Turkey, the Turkish police today arrested a Swede who, for many years, has been suspected of drug-related crimes and is the instigator of crimes (...)
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