Reuters and the Norwegian newspaper Aftonbladet reported.
“The police have launched an intensive investigation to determine what kind of drones these are,” Copenhagen Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jakob Hansen told reporters. “The drones have disappeared and we have not taken any of them,” he added.
At least 15 flights have so far been diverted to other airports. Police have launched an investigation to identify the drones and are not providing details about the incident.
Later, Copenhagen police stated that the drones spotted “are not amateur,” according to SVT.
“We don’t know where they came from. The police detected them over the sea between Denmark and Sweden,” the police added.
Meanwhile, in Oslo, Norway’s capital, alarm was also raised over drone activity: drones were spotted over the Akershus Fortress military site. Norwegian police reported the detention of two Singaporean citizens.
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