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Norwegian detained in Murmansk

Aeroflot-Nord at Murmansk airport.

A Norwegian citizen is under investigation by FSB after the customs at Murmansk airport found illegal maps and suspicious technical devices.

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The regional news site B-port reports that the person arrived in Murmansk with the plane from Tromsø, but Murmansk was not his final destination.

According to the press-release from Murmansk Customs authorities, the case is now sent over to FSB for investigation, B-port writes.

- The Norwegian citizen was holding a tourist visa to Russia, and Murmansk was not his destination, says Alla Sveshnikov, press secretary of Murmansk customs.

No information about the name of the Norwegian citizen is given.

According to NRK there is no information about the status of the person in question, if he was expelled from Russia or is still in detention in Murmansk.