- There is a strong demand for this type of drug-classified preparation that is sedative and analgesic.
Pregabalin is highly addictive and dangerous to overdose, says Lina Andersson, head of the customs criminal investigation in Stockholm in a press release.
Customs exchanged content
Customs got the smuggling on track through a seizure at a shipping company in Västerås this summer.
Then 25 kilos of pregabalin were found.
The contents were seized and replaced.
Then they monitored when the package arrived in Katrineholm, and saw how two men tried to send it on to a person in Ängelholm without success.
Instead, the men were arrested by customs scouts.
Findings during the house search
Later, a house search was carried out in Ängelholm where amphetamine, cannabis, pregabalin and other illegal drugs were found.
Trial is now awaiting the two men from Katrineholm, as well as a man and a woman from Ängelholm.
Katrineholmarna is charged with aggravated drug smuggling, attempted aggravated drug offense and minor drug offense.
One of them is also charged with minor gun crime.
The man from Ängelholm is charged with aggravated drug smuggling, aggravated drug offense, attempted aggravated drug offense and doping offense.
The woman is charged with a felony drug offense.