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

A ship suspected of damaging an underwater cable running between Helsinki and Tallinn has been seized by police.

Finnish officials say the vessel is suspected of being “responsible for the damage to the cable” owned by the telecoms group Elisa and located in Estonia’s exclusive economic zone.

No details about the identity of the vessel were disclosed.

The cable was damaged in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Baltic Sea bordered by Estonia, Finland and Russia.

Elisa, which is based in Helsinki, detected a fault in its cable early on Wednesday and reported it to Finnish authorities, police said.