The Swedish coast guard arrested the 228-meter-long tanker “Sea Owl 1” on Thursday evening.
Now the authority has a video of the operation in the Baltic Sea released before Trelleborg. It shows how elite police officers board the tanker.
Probably sailed under a false flag
The “Sea Owl 1” sails under the Comorian flag. The Coast Guard However, suspects that the ship is flying a false flag. This means there is no state that can guarantee safety on board, they said Sweden with. Coast guard personnel are on board and are carrying out searches and interviews. A preliminary investigation has been initiated on suspicion of a violation of maritime law regarding lack of seaworthiness.
Cargo ship “Caffa” also arrested
The ship is also on the sanctions list of several countries, including the European Union, Reuters reports. Swedish authorities had already intercepted and detained the cargo ship “Caffa” in the Baltic Sea on March 6th. There are suspicions that the freighter was carrying grain stolen from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.





