STOCKHOLM: Swedish authorities boarded a Maltese-flagged ship seized in reference to the most recent breach of cables operating alongside the underside of the Baltic Sea to start an investigation into the matter, the nation’s safety police stated on Monday (Jan 27).
“We are able to affirm that individuals from Swedish authorities have been on board the vessel to hold out investigative measures,” Swedish Safety Providers spokesperson Johan Wikstrom stated.
He declined to remark additional on the investigation.
The undersea cable between Latvia and Sweden was broken early on Sunday in Sweden’s unique financial zone, probably because of exterior affect, Latvia stated. That prompted NATO to deploy patrol ships to the world and triggered a sabotage investigation by Swedish authorities.
A Swedish prosecutor ordered the seizing of a ship as a part of the investigation.
Marine Visitors knowledge confirmed {that a} coastguard vessel escorted the majority service Vezhen to Swedish waters on Sunday the place it later anchored. The Vezhen handed the fibre optic cable at 0045 GMT on Sunday.
Tv footage from Sweden’s TV4 confirmed the Vezhen anchored some 10km south of the naval base in Karlskrona, in southern Sweden. Photographs confirmed that it appeared to have a broken anchor.
It was not clear that the Vezhen triggered any injury and the Latvian navy stated on Sunday that three ships had been topic to investigation.
Bulgarian transport firm Navigation Maritime Bulgare, which listed the Vezhen amongst its fleet, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
