Swedish customs officials have boarded a Russian freighter anchored in Swedish waters after confirming that the vessel and its owners are subject to European Union and U.S. sanctions.
The ship, Adler, was boarded shortly after 01:00 on Sunday with support from the Swedish Coast Guard and the police. It had been anchored since Friday after reporting engine problems.
Martin Höglund, a spokesman for the customs authority, said the inspection was continuing.
“Shortly after 01:00 last night we boarded the ship with support from the Swedish Coast Guard and the police service in order to make a customs inspection,” Hoglund said, adding that inspectors were examining the cargo. He declined to say what, if anything, had been found on board.
Höglund said the owners of the Adler are listed under European Union sanctions. The vessel and its owners, M Leasing LLC, are also subject to U.S. sanctions and are suspected of involvement in weapons transport, according to OpenSanctions.
According to the ship-tracking service MarineTraffic, the Adler is a 126-metre roll-on, roll-off container carrier anchored off Höganäs in south-west Sweden.
Customs authorities said the ship departed the Russian port of St Petersburg on 15 December, but there was no information available on its intended destination.
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