PhD student arrested – suspected to have acted with poison – Aftonbladet

The doctoral student at age 25 in Uppsala has been arrested.

He is suspected among other things, violations of the Military Equipment Act by selling the deadly poison ricin – and connected with an extortion attempt against a Czech minister.

During the arrest were personnel from the FBI in place.

the man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of, among other things, attempted aggravated extortion and preparation for spreading poison.

on Saturday, he was arrested by the Uppsala District Court on suspicion of conspiracy to spread poison, drug trafficking, crimes against the Military Equipment Act and attempted extortion.

extortion attempt against Minister

After the negotiations developed prosecutor Henrik Söderman at the International Public prosecution Office what the man in the 25-year-old is suspected of having done.

blackmail the offense consisted of a completed extortion attempts in the Czech Republic – the Czech Minister .

– It’s extortion letter that is sent to the representatives of the Czech state. They contain threats of spreading toxic substances, but exactly what his involvement consists in is too early to tell, says Henrik Söderman Aftonbladet.

blackmail against the Czech minister should be completed in November 2014. Some money should never have been paid, according to the chamber prosecution.

In the Swedish investigation, it has therefore been extensive international cooperation. Not only Czech police have been involved, including American and German police have been involved in the work that led to the suspicion leveled at the doctoral student.

During his arrest at his residence were representatives of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI place. They did not actively participate in the arrest, according to the prosecutor.

– There are people from there who have been in Sweden by reason of the operation, it is, says Henrik Söderman.

In addition to extortion trial revealed details if married man who is suspected to have sold.

– We suspect he has sold a substance called ricin. The scope and are subject to authorization under combat equipment law, says Henrik Söderman.

Chamber Prosecutor does not want to develop the purpose for which the doctoral student is suspected of having sold the deadly poison.

deny the charges

the man in the 25-year-old himself has denied the charges.

– He has submitted comments and explanations of the hearings but I do not want to go into more detail in what they consist of, says his lawyer, Bengt-Göran Hugosson to Aftonbladet .

the PhD student’s previous criminal record and is shaken by the accusations, according to the lawyer.

– he is a person who has no previous record and never had contact with police in the context in which he is accused of crimes . He has been sitting in a cramped cell in a jail without toilet. It is an extremely upsetting experience for a person who lived a blameless life, says Bengt-Göran Hugosson.

The offenses were allegedly committed between November 2014 and March 2016.

Restrictions may be imposed, and prosecution shall be filed april 29 unless the man omhäktas.