Estonia detains a container ship flying the flag of Bahamas.
Estonia detained a container ship flying the flag of the Bahamas on the 3rd, with all crew members being Russian citizens. According to the Estonian Public Broadcasting Company, at 17:10 local time on the 3rd, the Estonian Tax and Customs Board, together with the police and navy, conducted a joint operation near the island of Naissaar and seized a container ship flying the flag of the Bahamas en route to St. Petersburg, Russia. The report stated that the 23 crew members on board the detained ship were all Russian citizens. The head of the special operations team responsible for the seizure stated that the ship does not belong to the Russian "shadow fleet" and is not on the EU sanctions list, and that the core of this operation is suspected smuggling activities. Russia has not yet responded to this incident.
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