Finnish police seize vessel suspected of damaging underwater cable

Border guards say they found ship with anchor down after detection of fault in Helsinki-Tallinn telecoms link

Finnish police have seized a vessel suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland.

Police did not disclose any details about the identity of the vessel, but the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, citing the MarineTraffic website, said the ship was the Fitburg, a 132-metre-long cargo ship bearing the flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines, en route from St Petersburg in Russia to Haifa in Israel.