More than 100 speed cameras have been vandalized and looted in various Swedish regions since the end of August, reportedly The evening paper. On Wednesday, according to local media, photographic equipment was stolen by two speed cameras in an area north of Stockholm. Swedish police confirm the thefts and say they are investigating them. “We are aware of rumors that the equipment is used in Russian home-built drones, but we cannot go into the details of our intelligence work,” a spokesperson for the Swedish National Security Service Säpo told the newspaper.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense had previously posted an online video of a crashed Russian drone being taken apart. It showed how a Canon camera was attached to the self-made drone with velcro. The type of speed camera was similar to that used in Swedish speed cameras.
The ‘amateur construction’ is second The evening paper success and Russia would use drones to locate the Ukrainian armed forces. It is unclear whether the cameras are also part of the kamikazedrones that Russia has recently deployed in attacks on Ukrainian cities.
The destroyed speed cameras cost Sweden a lot of money. For speed cameras, this would be a damage of around 250,000 Swedish kronor (more than 22,700 euros).
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