When a police officer felt the bag, he noticed that it was heavy. At first glance it looked empty, but inside the lining were five Bengals. The supporter to whom the bag belonged was convicted of violating the Public Order Act and had to pay SEK 9,900 in fines.
This is one of several occasions in the past year where football fans have been caught bringing illegal pyrotechnics into stadiums.
During the weekend's scandal game in Stockholm, a large number of Bengals were thrown around the stands. When burned, they can reach a temperature of up to 1,000 degrees, making them highly flammable.
"Imagine being at the other end and being hit by this Bengal. We have a lot of countermeasures, but it is in the lack of use of these that this environment is spreading, says SvFF's chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Smuggled into the underpants
In the past year, several people have been convicted of smuggling pyrotechnics in the form of Bengals and smoke bombs at Swedish football matches.
In one of the cases, a suspect describes how, shortly after eating kebabs with his friends in a restaurant, he stuffed Bengals and a smoke bomb into his underpants. They went to the arena but behaved "noticeably nervous."
Once there, they were searched by police, who felt that the suspect had something inside his pants. He was later fined for violating the Public Order Act.
But many are never stopped. TV footage from this weekend's game shows the burning Bengals raining down on the field.
"We may soon have a situation where a Bengal ends up in a five-year-old's face. Many actors have a responsibility to take the strategy we have against this seriously," says Fredrik Reinfeldt.