In the winter of 2017, some 30 police officers made house searches for suspected poachers in Hälsingland. The prosecutor suspected illegal wolf hunting, and a few months later, the police struck the six men, after intercepting them by telephone, among other things. Three of the men were detained for a month.

The investigation was delayed at the time and was dropped in February this year in the absence of evidence.

Instead, the only legal backlash comes now, when Prosecutor Åse Schoultz is prosecuting one of the men for serious weapons offenses.

"A huge firepower"

At the house search, the police found two revolvers in his home.

According to the lawsuit, the man did not have a license on the weapons. One of them is a .44 caliber Magnum revolver, and is considered particularly dangerous due to its firepower.

- The Magnum revolver has a lot of firepower, which makes it very dangerous. It was one that Palme shot with, says prosecutor Åse Schoultz.

The weapon had been modified

The fact that the second revolver has been modified is also considered to contribute to the prosecutor's claim that the accused be convicted of serious weapons crime.

The defendant, a 60-year-old man, admits a firearm offense, but believes it is only of a normal degree. In police questioning, the man has said he bought the Magnum revolver to shoot dots on water tanks, but that he has not used it for several years.