Historic cocaine seizures in Sweden in recent months highlight the Nordic country’s increasing role as a gateway for cocaine from Latin America to the rest of Europe.
Swedish customs seized 460 kilograms of cocaine in late April at the port of Helsingborg, across the Oresund strait from neighboring Denmark, according to a government press release.
Authorities discovered the drugs hidden in secret compartments in the floor of two containers that had arrived from Ecuador. The compartments were designed so that traffickers could retrieve the cocaine without opening the container and unloading the legitimate cargo, authorities said, adding that they had found blowtorches and bolt cutters left at the port by suspected traffickers in the last few months.
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Cocaine Seizures Spike in Sweden as Traffickers Seek Secondary Routes
