The arrest of the captain and the first officer of a tanker who is subject to sanctions as he is believed to belong to the “shadow fleet” of Russia, was proceeded by French police. The tanker may have been involved in recent incidents with unmanned aircraft around Denmark.

Specifically, the ship, boracay, It was about 90 km in Copenhagen on September 22, when drones forced the city’s airport to close.

It was also observed south along the west coast of Denmark on the night of September 24, when it became known that drones were flying north of Esberg and near airports.

“We thank the commandos of our Navy and the French Navy crews who intervened this weekend in a Russian tanker of the shadow fleet, which is anchored off the open of Saint-Nazar,” he wrote to Prime Minister Sebastian Likinou.

Both the captain and the ship’s first officer are accused of not providing evidence of the nationality of the boat and did not comply with the orders. Their detention has been extended, he said.

Although the President Emmanuel Macron He welcomed the ship’s investigation, estimating that Russia’s “shadow fleet” includes 600 to 1,000 ships, the French authorities remain silent about the investigation.

Boracay, which has been imposed by the British and the European Union, sailed from the Russian port of Primorsk on September 20, according to Marinetraffics.

Macron said on Thursday that it is important to investigate what happened in Denmark, adding that Russia’s shadow fleet represents a significant portion of Moscow’s business model and pressure should be exerted on it.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it had no information about the ship, but added that the Russian army had to act sometimes to restore order when foreign countries had taken what spokesman Dmitry Peskov described as “provocative actions”.