Johan Huovinen recounts dawn raid after suspicions are dropped

Johan Huovinen says he heard “an infernal pounding” on his front door before a response team entered his home and arrested him and his wife, Lena, in 2023. SVT reports that all suspicions against the couple have since been dropped.

The raid took place on the morning of October 17, 2023. The couple were suspected of crimes against national security.

Huovinen, a former military officer who has appeared in the media as an expert, described the arrest and investigation in an interview with SVT’s Morgonstudion.

“It was a tough time, being subjected to that. To be suspected of a crime for as long as nine months, and for such a serious crime. You might have hoped there was more evidence before they decided to carry out an operation,” he said.