The problems with net drugs do not seem to be diminishing in the country. It is not known how much is sent, but an estimate from the Police National Operations Department (NOA) in 2015 was that up to 2.5 million shipments contained drugs. The problems remain major.

- It sends an incredible amount of drugs and other items by mail. We make seizures more or less daily. This is common throughout Sweden, says Olle Andersson, head of the Investigation Department at the Umeå police.

The agents experience great concern

The county administrative boards in northern Sweden have for several years worked on net drugs and investigated the incidence in the counties Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Jämtland and Västernorrland. They receive similar signals.

- The indications we receive are that the postal ombudsmen experience that they receive many deliveries with online drugs every week, says Malin Wiktoreng, who is crime prevention coordinator at the County Administrative Board of Västerbotten.

In the project Together against online drugs, they have, among other things, developed a method to make postal agents feel more secure. Some experience a great deal of concern in handling.

- There are times when ombudsmen received letters with fentanyl that leaked. It's dangerous right now, says Malin Wiktoreng.

Difficult to access problem

It is difficult to access the drug shipments. Suppliers such as Postnord do not and do not want to have an obligation to check the contents of the letters. And, by law, postal agents must not sound alarms even if they suspect that parcels contain drugs.

The duty of confidentiality in the Postal Act is something that the government has just said they want to review.

Police Chief Olle Andersson also believes in changing the Postal Act, so that postal employees can contact police or customs on their own initiative if they suspect a crime.

- I think that is a step in the right direction. They have been looking at it back and forth for several years, so I hope that such a bill will come, he says.