UPDATE 1-Russia says magnetic mines found on tanker at Ust-Luga port

The news agency said ⁠the ​mines ⁠were found on the hull of the tanker called Arrhenius, ⁠which arrived from Belgium's port of Antwerp for liquefied ​petroleum gas. According to LSEG ship tracking data, ⁠the tanker is Liberia- flagged and is managed by ⁠the ​Maple Mariner Holding in the UAE.

UPDATE 1-Russia says magnetic mines found on tanker at Ust-Luga port

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said ‌several magnetic mines had been detected on ‌a tanker in Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday. The news agency said ⁠the ​mines ⁠were found on the hull of the tanker called Arrhenius, ⁠which arrived from Belgium's port of Antwerp for liquefied ​petroleum gas.

According to LSEG ship tracking data, ⁠the tanker is Liberia- flagged and is managed by ⁠the ​Maple Mariner Holding in the UAE. The news agency cited a spokeswoman for ⁠Russia's Investigative Committee as saying that the mines were produced at ⁠one ⁠of the NATO's countries.

The mines were deactivated, she said.

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