Four men have been convicted in a major drug trafficking operation in Gothenburg, which involved distributing 1.2 million pills and thousands of performance-enhancing doses.

The drugs, originating from the Balkans, were packaged and mailed throughout Sweden, police have identified 751 buyers across the country.

The trafficking ring used PostNord mailboxes in Gothenburg to distribute the drugs, and its members relied on cars and taxis to discreetly place packages around the city to avoid detection.

Primarily consisting of tramadol and benzodiazepines, the drugs were brought in from the Balkans and stored in a rented space in Kortedala before being mailed across Sweden.

By the time police intervened, over 200,000 pills had been sold. Three of the men were sentenced to five years in prison for serious narcotics and doping crimes, and two of them also face permanent deportation.

In court, one member—a former construction worker—testified that he received a monthly salary of 20,000 SEK for his work with the group.

The fourth man, a Serbian truck driver, received a four-and-a-half-year sentence for allegedly smuggling drugs from Kosovo to Sweden. He denies involvement, claiming he believed he was transporting natural supplements or sugar.