The Norwegian Police District has brought in the Norwegian-registered and -owned ship Silver Dania, which operates between St. Petersburg and Murmansk, following a request from Latvian authorities and a ruling from the Nord-Troms and Senja District Court.
The ship, carrying a Russian crew, was brought into the port of Tromsø by the coast guard vessel KV Bison around 06:40 today.
The operation, led by the police, took place around 21:00 on Thursday night while the ship was within the Norwegian Economic Zone off the coast of Troms county.
The ship is suspected of being involved in the damage to a fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden.