Industrialist Karl Hedin remanded in custody on charges of illegal hunting on varg.Vargar suspected to have been cremated in an industrial furnace on Hedin's sawmill outside Norberg.
Meanwhile, police have seized the deadly poison Karbofuran.- We suspect the poison has been used to poison wolves, says prosecutor Lars Magnusson.
Undercover police operation
The whole operation is managed by the Species Protection crimes- and heritage criminal group at the national police operations department in Stockholm. 15 police officers working on the investigation.
No local police from Dalarna and Västmanland has been part of the search but is activated only in connection with the raids Friday. According to Expressen experience depends on secrecy for fear that something might leak out during the ongoing reconnaissance operation.
The police operation continued on Wednesday with the new raids and new fittings at multiple addresses.
- We hold new hearings, we go through all the trimmings. We are engaged in traditional police work now, says Filippo Bassini, group manager for police artskydds- and cultural group.
A wide variety of fittings are now in police custody.