A new ruling from the Supreme Court means that the method can no longer be used. "We have to adapt, and it won't be easy," says Thomas Palmgren, head of reconnaissance.
During the spring, the police in Umeå have seized more drugs than in the whole of 2022. The court believes that "danger of the completion of the crime being excluded" after the police seized the real weapon and replaced it with a dummy. "Today we are forced to leave sharp weapons lying around," says chief of investigation.