Norway police seize drone operated by foreigner near Oslo airport
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Oslo – The Norwegian authorities have seized a drone operated by a foreigner near Oslo’s airport, after drones led to several flight disruptions in Norway and Denmark this week, a prosecutor with Norway’s police said on Sept 25.
A man in his 50s was flying his drone in a restricted area without it affecting air traffic, Ms Lisa Mari Lokke, head of prosecutions at Norway’s eastern police district, told AFP.
He was not arrested but will be questioned by the police, she added while declining to specify the man’s nationality.
“Yesterday, around 9pm, police were informed that a drone had entered the no-fly zone of Oslo airport,” Ms Lokke said.
“When we arrived at the site, we found a man in his 50s piloting the drone,” she said, adding that the police then landed and seized the device.
The incident came after reports of drone sightings forced temporary shutdowns at Scandinavian airports this week, including in Oslo, and Denmark’s Copenhagen
But Ms Lokke said that “at this stage, we see no connection” between these incidents.
Overnight from Sept 22 to 23, air traffic at the Oslo airport was suspended for about three hours after a possible drone sighting was reported.
Ms Lokke said lights had been seen in the air and an investigation was under way to determine whether it had been a drone. AFP
