On Wednesday 20 May 2026, police in Trøndelag arrested five Lithuanian citizens in a coordinated action against eight addresses in the county.[1] The five are men in their twenties to forties.[1] They are charged with a serious narcotics offence for producing and/or distributing drugs.[1] One person was arrested in Namdalen, two in Gauldalen and two in the Trondheim area.[1]

Officers found three cannabis plantations in operation and a home that had probably been used for cannabis production.[1] The plantations were in Namdalen and Gauldalen.[1] With help from Vest police district, officers also searched an address south of Bergen and found what appeared to be a production premises.[1] Police seized production equipment and cannabis plants, and made a larger seizure of packaged cannabis.[1]

Police lawyer John R. Sødahl Furunes, the prosecutor in charge, said the action followed a systematic investigation and that the production and distribution appeared organised across several locations.[1] Several units of the police district took part in an extensive investigation that began in the autumn of 2025.[1] Kripos and Oslo police district also assisted, and Vest police district in particular gave substantial help.[1] The five men were to be brought before Trøndelag District Court in Trondheim for remand hearings on Thursday 21 May and Friday 22 May.[1]

At the Thursday hearing, the first of the men told the court he was arrested at the place where he worked looking after plants.[2] He admitted guilt and said he deeply regretted it.[2] Prosecutors asked that he be held on remand for four weeks.[2] A man in his thirties also admitted growing plants but said he had acted alone.[2] Police told the court they believed that production, and the accused, were part of a larger organised network.[2] They also sought four weeks’ remand for him, with bans on letters and visits.[2] NRK reported that the court was expected to decide that afternoon whether the two men could be held.[2] The other three were to be brought before the court for remand on Friday.[2]