Finland recovers ship’s anchor close to damaged Baltic Sea pipeline
Investigators seeking to establish whether it came from a Chinese container vessel and have not ruled out sabotage
Finnish investigators have recovered a large ship’s anchor from near the spot where a Baltic Sea gas pipeline was extensively damaged and are seeking to establish whether it came from a Chinese container vessel.
Finland’s central criminal police (KRP) said on Tuesday that the anchor, weighing 6 tonnes and missing one of its prongs, had been lifted from the seabed using a navy crane. Deep drag marks were found on both sides of the fractured pipeline.