Operation Playa

1.4 metric ton of cocaine – with a street value of several billion SEK – is confiscated on a sailboat in the West Indies. Swedish citizen Jonas Falk, the main subject, is convicted to 18 years in prison, but the Court of Appeal frees him. How is it possible going from 18 years to completely free?

How far should the police go when hunting suspects? We're given an insight in the secret work when the police are looking for evidence against Jonas Falk. A task where clueless private citizens becomes pawns in a high-risk and dangerous game.

The police find nine kilograms of cocaine on a sailboat in Gothenburg. The finding becomes crucial for the greatest narcotics case in Swedish history – Operation Playa. But the Police and prosecutors are accused of planting the evidence. Whose cocaine is it, where did it come from, and most importantly: who are missing cocaine worth over 30 million SEK?