A Finnish court on Friday denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. Finland on Dec.

Finland is allowed to keep detained the shadow-fleet tanker that damaged a power link and four data cables in the Baltic Sea last week, a court ruled.Most Read from BloombergIs This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?

Finland's national power grid operator said on Thursday it had asked a Helsinki court to seize the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company's claim for damages related to the breakdown of the undersea Estlink 2 electricity interconnector.

The damaged cable is one of several recent incidents in the Baltic Sea under investigation as possible acts of sabotage.

On Thursday, the Finnish transmission line operator Fingrid filed a request in a Helsinki court to seize the tanker Eagle S to secure potential compensation claims. It is suspected that the vessel damaged the EstLink 2 subsea power link.

The owner of an oil tanker seized by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and four telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, a lawyer representing the company said on Monday.

Finnish law enforcement suspects another crew member of a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the severing of underwater cables, bringing the total number of suspects to eight, Yle reports. The list of suspects has grown to include another crew member,