Finland court rejects request for release of tanker in undersea cables probe (updated)

Elisa Oyj

03/01/2025 13:01

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       HELSINKI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A Finnish court on Friday
denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by
police of damaging an undersea power line and four
telecommunications cables last week.
        Finland on Dec. 26 
    seized
     the Eagle S tanker carrying Russian oil on suspicion that
it damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line as well as
the telecoms cables the previous day by dragging its anchor
across the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
  
        A lawyer representing United Arab Emirates-based
Caravella LLC FZ, which owns the tanker, 
    had sought the release
     of the vessel and crew.
  

 (Reporting by Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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