Norway stops ship suspected of involvement in damage to Baltic Sea cable

The Norwegian-owned ship Silver Dania has been brought into the port of Tromso, Norway, for investigation (Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

A Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an underwater fibre optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been stopped off Norway, police said.

The Silver Dania was stopped on Thursday evening and brought into the port of Tromso in northern Norway on Friday morning by a Norwegian coast guard vessel for inspection, Norwegian police said in a statement.