IANS | 28 Oct, 2023
Norway and Sweden will set up a joint police station on the border in
a move to combat cross-border crimes, the Norwegian government said in a
press statement.
Located in Magnormoen, Norway's second-largest
border crossing with Sweden, the project comes on the heels of a
temporary duty station established by the Norwegian government in 2022,
Xinhua news agency reported.
"We must have control at the border
and choke the purse strings of the criminal circles," said Norway's
Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl in the
statement on Friday.
The joint police station will be evenly split
across the Norwegian and Swedish territories, with a shared office and
communal area bisecting the national boundary.
