Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
ÖSTERSUND / TT
Five men in Jämtland risk a prison sentence of up to four years, as they are now being prosecuted for aggravated hunting crimes in the Tandsjö region on the border between Dalarna and Härjedalen, reports SVT Jämtland News.
The men, who were arrested in May 2012, have engaged in organized hunting of wolves in the area. The prosecution is based on circumstantial evidence, including text-messaging traffic between the men where they write to each other that “police are in place” and “put down”.
The men deny the charges and claim they were in the area to hunt beaver.