A man suspected of flying a drone over the residence of the Swedish king was arrested near Stockholm, the Swedish authorities announced today, who had several reports of drones of unknown origin flying over several sensitive locations in the country.
According to Swedish media, the suspect is a Russian about 40 years old, but the authorities have not confirmed this information.
The man was arrested around noon yesterday at Drotningholm Palace, the residence of King Carl Gustav XVI and Queen Silva, near Stockholm, the police said.
A police spokeswoman said they were not confirming the nationality of the person, but only that a man had been arrested.
He is suspected of having violated the law on the protection of sensitive places.
The arrest comes two weeks after multiple drone overflights of unknown origin were reported over Sweden's nuclear power plants and other sensitive locations.
Part of the investigation was conducted by the Swedish internal intelligence agency Sapo.
Swedish police said over the weekend that they could not yet confirm that a foreign power had sent the drones, although almost 200 reports had been made.
A "military drone" was also reported in mid-January to fly over the Swedish parliament and government buildings, as well as the royal palace in central Stockholm.
At a time when tensions are high with Russia over Ukraine, Sweden increased readiness in mid-January and deployed reinforcements and armored vehicles to the strategic island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
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