The World - News from July 3, 1988
A Swedish police inspector suspected of having smuggled illegal eavesdropping equipment for a secret inquiry into the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 has been arrested, Swedish radio reported. It said Carl Ostling, 35, would be charged with having smuggled the equipment on behalf of Ebbe Carlsson, a publisher with close links to the ruling Social Democrats who led the abortive investigation. Disclosure of his activities last month sparked a political crisis that led to the resignation of Justice Minister Anna-Greta Leijon.
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