- It is not our biggest crackdown, but it is about significant amounts, says local police area chief Olof Bråve to SVT.

In recent weeks, one person has been shot dead and three more shootings have been carried out in Kalmar.

In addition, a person has been arrested on suspicion of preparing for murder.

The police are working hard to find out why this is happening right now, and who is firing.

One clue that the police are working on is that it is about drug deals among criminal gangs.

Recently, two people, a 17-year-old and a 20-year-old, were sentenced to prison for a serious drug offense.

This after the police approved a trap in Kalmar where they seized over four kilos of amphetamine.

This was one in a series of major seizures recently, and may be one of the reasons for the tensions in Kalmar recently, Olof Bråve told SVT on 11 February.

New fitting in Norrliden

Now Olof Bråve tells SVT that the police made another large seizure in Kalmar as late as last week, something that the Barometer was the first to tell, and that it can lead to even more unrest.

- We have been able to see this, not only in Kalmar but nationally.

When the police go in and seize drugs and detain people, a vacuum is formed in the criminal gangs, and then people from below take up more space.

We do not know if that is the cause of the unrest in Kalmar, but it could be, says Olof Bråve to SVT.

The seizure was made outdoors in the Norrliden area in connection with one of the police's crime prevention measures in the area.

The seized goods have been sent for analysis to secure the substance, and to look for DNA and fingerprints.

Obligation to intervene

Olof Bråve says that the work against drugs is complicated.

Research shows that police operations, even the very largest, have a fairly small impact on crime over time.

At the same time, it is known that strikes can create more problems at the given time, but not intervening is never an option.

- If we encounter drugs, it is not a choice if we are to act, we must do so.

For an authority, coercive measures are not a right, it is an obligation, says Olof Bråve.

No one is currently detained or suspected of the latest attack.

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This has happened during the shootings.

Photo: Helmuth Petersson