It was last summer that it was discovered that the police computer system had deficiencies in place data. First, it turned out that not all telephones that were connected to the telemaster appeared, which meant that some information was missing.

The next discovery was that some of the positions actually discovered were wrong, which could lead to innocent people mistakenly appearing to have been at a crime scene.

When seven suspects in a major drug raid earlier this week were released, they were among the first released as a result of the Danish teledata scandal.

Thousands of cases have to be examined

Several deficiencies have been revealed in the police's use of location data from mobile phones, and upwards of 10,000 cases will now be examined to see if they need to be redone.

“New data has repeatedly emerged in the teledata case. It shakes our confidence in the justice system, ”says Danish Justice Minister Nick Hekkerup in a statement.

The prosecution was prepared and the case ready to be taken up by the district court in Esbjerg, according to the Danish newspaper Politiken. Then suddenly came the news that the suspects - for the suspects they still are - would be released. Based on the weekend's announcement that Danish prosecutors for two months must stop using location data from mobile phones in the prosecution, one of the most serious consequences of the scandal.

Happy but surprised

One of the seven who was released is a client of the lawyer Rune Wiborg. Wiborg was told Tuesday by the Prosecutor's Office that the client had been released from the arrest in Hobro.

- I called my client directly who told me that the staff at the arrest had asked him to pack his things, Wiborg tells Politiken.

- My client was happy to be released but also surprised.

The seven men released are all suspects in a cannabis raid and have been arrested since February.

"It's a very, very serious thing," Denmark's national prosecutor Jan Reckendorff told DR.

- We simply cannot live with tasks that do not match can put people in jail.