Deploy Patrol And Helicopters, Swedish Police Hunt Drones Flying Over Forsmark Nuclear Plant

Forsmark nuclear plant, Sweden. (Wikimedia Commons/Dennis140)

JAKARTA - Swedish police deployed patrols and helicopters to the Forsmark nuclear plant, to hunt for a large drone that was spotted flying over the site on Friday night, but has not been able to capture the unmanned vehicle.

The incident came a day after the Swedish military began patrolling the main city of Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea, as tensions between NATO and Russia escalate, as well as the recent deployment of a Russian landing craft in the Baltic.

Forsmark, Sweden's largest electricity producer, is located on the Baltic coast about 150 km (93 miles) north of the capital, Stockholm.

Patrols and helicopters were deployed by Swedish police, after spotting the drone before it was reported by security forces at the Forsmark nuclear plant. The drone then disappeared towards Graso Island.

"Police continue to try to locate the drone, even with their own (drone), but to no avail," the police said in an incident report on its website, adding there was no sign the drone had dropped anything in the area or landed. .

To note, it also cites unconfirmed reports of possible drone sightings at the Ringhals nuclear plant on the country's west coast.