Helsingborg's district court has increased the sentences for eight people involved in the cannabis factory case in Gantofta. Twelve people were sentenced to prison in the district court. Today, the Court of Appeal announced that they have increased the prison sentences for eight of them. Three people are acquitted. In December 2024, the police raided a location in Gantofta south of Helsingborg, which they had been monitoring for a long time. In the location, plants and processed cannabis equivalent to a ton were found. Twelve people were sentenced to prison in Helsingborg's district court between one and almost eight years. The verdict was appealed, and today the Court of Appeal announced that they have increased the prison sentences for eight of the accused for, among other things, particularly serious drug offenses. Three people are acquitted. The Court of Appeal believes that the offense is so serious and the scope of the cannabis cultivation is so large and organized that the value of the sentence is higher than what the district court sentenced. Therefore, the Court of Appeal increases the sentence for eight men. The man in his 30s who led and organized the gang was sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison in the district court. The Court of Appeal increased the sentence to seven years and nine months. His right-hand man was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison in the district court. The Court of Appeal increased the sentence to seven years and three months in prison. The Court of Appeal acquits two people who were sentenced by the district court for aiding and abetting serious drug offenses and one person who was sentenced for drug offenses, as the evidence is not sufficient. According to prosecutor Per-Axel Rosén Beck, similar stories have emerged in the Court of Appeal as during the trial in the district court. The gang was exposed when they dumped cannabis residues and waste in the forest on several occasions. At one of the dumpings, a leftover receipt from a fast-food restaurant was left in the forest, and an order for a hamburger could lead the police to one of the perpetrators.