8.2 million vehicles passed Svinesundsbruene in 2017
The toll-funded Svinesundsforbindelsen compound had 8.2 million passages in 2017. In total, almost NOK 200 million of the company’s loan debt was paid down last…
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Customs officers see new smuggling trend
Seven Polish nationals were stopped at the border at Svinesund at short intervals this weekend, all with too much alcohol in their cars. The drivers…
Customs officers at Svinesund found over half a ton of drugs hidden in semi-trailer
Over half a ton of drugs were found hidden in a semi-trailer at Svinesund last summer.The Dutch driver was charged with smuggling. Customs officers…
Record breaking beer seizures at Svinesund
The officers at Svinesund border station seized 44,820 liters of beer on 4 December. The largest seized amount of beer at Svinesund during one day….
Close to 45,000 liters of beer seized at Svinesund
Customs agents at Svinesund stopped two Polish trailers full of beer early Monday morning. The seizure comes to a total of NOK 2.58 million in…
Large Seizures of alcohol
Large Seizures of alcohol There have been two large seizures of alcohol near the Swedish border. Stopped with 15,000 liters alcohol The Norwegian driver…
Trailer loaded with 23,500 litres of alcohol
Trailer loaded with 23,500 litres of alcohol Customs officers at Svinesund revealed 23,542 liters of alcohol in a trailer in August. The vehicle was…
Customs confiscated 141,000 cigarettes in Svinesund
Customs and Immigration at Svinesund found large amounts of cigarettes in the loading plane on a Polish-registered tow truck. The customs seizure amounts to NOK…
2,300 litres of alcohol seized at the border
In excess of 2,300 litres of alcohol seized at the border This weekend, the customs officers made seizures at the border, which in total constituted…
Caught with two tons of bakery goods
Caught with two tons of bakery goods Svinesund Customs officers found close to 2.2 ton of bakery goods in Romanian semi-trailer. The semi-trailer departed…
Eight million cars passed the bridges between Norway and Sweden in 2016
Traffic growth across Svinesund was 4.27 per cent in 2016 compared with the previous year. Over eight million drove across Sweden’s border. The eight million…
Liquor hidden in tractor tires from Poland
Liquor hidden in tractor tires from Poland 423 liters of liquor was hidden for six tractor tires. Smuggling revealed by scanner at Svinesund. A…
Customs at Svinesund – hashish and food
Stopped by Customs at Svinesund with 11 kilograms of hashish in the car. The Customs at Svinesund became suspicious when they stopped two Norwegians night…
The biggest beer seizures at Svinesund
Over the past two weeks, customs officers at Svinesund seized more than 70,000 liters of beer and 5,000 liters of liquor from three Polish trucks….
Aound-the -clock staffing at Svinesund borders
Starting this week, the border control at Svinesund will be staffed around the clock , all week. Until now there have been gaps in the…
A truck with 12,500 liters alcohol was stopped at Svinesund
A truck with 12,500 liters alcohol and 49200 cigarettes in the cargo was stopped at Svinesund in June. The seizure represents 1 million in evaded…