The socialist government is so concerned about banditry, to the from today to introduce periodic border to Sweden.
This means that you should expect that it may take longer to get home than in the past, informs the national Police in a press release.
in Addition, travelers must either remember travel documents - in practice, this means a passport or driving licence.
It can be stated that the control will only take place at times when the police deem it wise.
- We are targeted by organised crime, and it is the aim that the ordinary traveler is affected the least possible controls. How often that will be the control, will depend on the current efterretningsbillede and local conditions and traffic patterns," says Lene Frank, police commissioner of the national Police.
- You're not going to see fixed, døgnbemandede control measures at border crossings to Sweden. The checks will be carried out as spot-checks and periodic checks targeted road and rail traffic over the Link, and ferry traffic in the ports of Elsinore, Frederikshavn, Grenaa and Copenhagen, she says.
the Border has created a political debate. Several parties believe that the government is using scarce funds to the police the wrong place. And it has been stated that border controls will be ineffective against the organised criminals.
Among the critics is the government's own supporting parties. Of Radical rumble spokesman Kristian Hegaard against the measure on its Twitter profile.
