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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Sweden releases sanctioned tanker due to lack of evidence it caused oil spill

Sweden Tanker Spill - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Swedish authorities have released a tanker sanctioned by the European Union that had been boarded and detained on suspicion of causing an oil spill in the Baltic Sea.

The Swedish Coast Guard said they had not found sufficient evidence that the Flora 1 tanker was at fault for the 12-kilometer (8-mile) -long spill that had been discovered Thursday.

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