"This event will then be moved around Sweden to the places where we need to do so," says National Police Chief Anders Thornberg in Ekot's Saturday interview.

Operation Rimfrost, the police's initiative against the gang crime in Malmö, will be moved to other places in the country. In a first stage, Stockholm and later possibly Uppsala are also discussed.

"They refuse to obey"

In Uppsala, this is mainly about the district of Gottsunda, where the national police chief himself patrolled this week. In the Saturday interview, he talks about a strong criminal presence in an area where the police have a hard time doing their job because of gangs who act ruthlessly.

- They take over the whole center, they refuse to obey when the police tell them. They come in with cars, park on a state of disability, and do not care about denials. You have to take in so that there are very threatening situations.

Erik Pelling (S), Chairman of the Municipal Board of Uppsala, welcomes the message of the National Police Chief:

"Uppsala should not have a particularly vulnerable neighborhood and would like to see the good relationship we have with the police locally and regionally strengthened with national resources," he writes on Twitter.

40 arrests

In Malmö, the police within the framework of Operation Rimfrost, which has been classified as a special event, have so far arrested around 40 people. Chief of Staff Stefan Sintéus tells P4 Malmö that there are significantly more people in sight.

- We have looked at the thousands. Of them we have activities against several.