The police have raided two addresses in the investigation, one on Andøya and one in the community of Otta. The Norwegian Security Service (PST) suspects that a Norwegian-registered company acted as a "cover for a Chinese state actor" that tried to collect satellite data.
Prosecutor Thomas Blom says the satellite data could be used to "damage fundamental Norwegian interests if it comes to the attention of a foreign state."
"The prosecution has seized the satellite receiver in question and thus temporarily stopped plans to install and put it into operation," Blom tells the newspaper VG.
