A funnel-shaped metal object was discovered in the water south of Gustavssvärd island outside Helsinki on Saturday. Finnish authorities, including the Finnish Defence Forces, are investigating the object.
The Border Guard alerted police about the object at 7:20 p.m. The area has been cordoned off and the object will be examined by the Navy.
The Finnish ferry Viking XPRS, which was due to depart for Tallinn at 8 p.m., has not been allowed to leave the port of Helsinki because of the operation, Ilta-Sanomat reports.
