Norway police have arrested a Russian citizen at Tromsoe’s airport and charged him with flying a drone. This was the second such arrest in per week.
Police stated that they seized massive portions of photographic gear, together with a drone, from the arrest of the 51 year-old man. He had beforehand admitted to flying a drone in Norway.
Russian residents and corporations are prohibited from working an plane in Norway underneath sanctions legal guidelines.
Jacob Bergh, a police prosecutor, stated that among the many materials seized have been images from Kirkenes airport and pictures of the Bell helicopter utilized by the protection forces.
Bergh acknowledged that the Norwegian Police Safety Service (PST), was additionally concerned within the case.
In line with police, the person is being held for 4 weeks by officers.
In line with police, the accused claimed that he had entered Norway by the northern border of Storskog on Thursday. He was then on his approach in direction of the arctic archipelago Svalbard.
That is the second arrest of a Russian citizen in a single week for flying drones inside Norway. A 3rd man was detained for a preliminary two-week-period after an arrest at Storskog’s border crossing.
Norway’s alertness has been raised in mild of current drone sightings close to its oil and fuel infrastructure and in response to 26 September leaks on the Nord Stream fuel pipeline in Baltic Sea.
After a dramatic drop in Russian flows, Norway is now Europe’s largest provider of fuel.
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