Suspected drones at Oslo Airport, Storm Amy causes massive power outages, and a spate of Rolex thefts in Oslo are the main news stories from Norway this Monday.
Oslo Airport disrupted by new drone flights
Flights at Oslo Airport were disrupted overnight after pilots reported suspected drones, news agency NTB reports.
Several flights were delayed and others were diverted from Oslo’s main airport Gardemoen.
“We received a report at 12:16am when a pilot from the airline Norwegian suspected seeing drones during the approach to the airport,” the regional police district lead officer Gisle Sveen told NTB.
The observation has not been verified. Police are speaking to the aircraft’s crew, he said.
Up to 3-5 drones may have been observed but this remains unconfirmed, he added.
“Regardless, we have to take this seriously,” he said.
Repeated flights have disrupted airports in Denmark and Germany as well as Norway over the last two weeks. The source of the drones remains unknown.
Thousands remain without power after weekend’s storm
Thousands of homes in the Vestfold and Telemark counties were still without power last night due to outages caused by Storm Amy over the weekend.
As of Sunday evening, some 3,300 customers in the two counties were still without power, energy supplier Lede said in an update on its website.
Over 130,000 electricity customers across the country experienced outages over the weekend and at least 5,400 people reported storm damage to their insurance companies, broadcaster NRK reports.
The severe weather also caused high water levels in Stavanger and Sandnes and suspended rail services between Oslo and Trondheim, while ambulance services set up an emergency station in Molde after many people in the area were left with neither power or a phone signal.
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Spate of Rolex watch thefts in Oslo
Police are struggling to identify any culprits amid a spate of thefts and scams targeting Rolex wrist watches in Oslo, media E24 writes.
“We have registered 41 stolen Rolex watches in 39 different cases this year,” police prosecutor Per Thomes Omholt from the Oslo Police District said.
Investigations relating to 38 of the 41 stolen watches have been suspended. The cases range from assault to aggravated theft, and some of the watches are valued at over 10,000 kroner, according to the report.
“The watches in the registered cases were stolen from homes, restaurants, gyms and in public,” Omholt said.
Violence and fraud both feature among the cases, he also said.
Police are looking for connections between the cases but have no evidence of organised crime at this stage.
Many cases have therefore been suspended because there is no known suspect and police do not have the resources to investigate every case, the investigator said, adding that victims should nevertheless continue to report any incidents.