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Captain of Russian Shadow Fleet Ship Detained off Coast of France

French President Emmanuel Macron said the crew had committed ’very serious wrongdoings’ after the ship was linked to drone incursions over Denmark.
Captain of Russian Shadow Fleet Ship Detained off Coast of France
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at an informal summit in the Danish parliament at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, on Oct. 1, 2025. Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
Chris Summers
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French police have arrested the captain and the chief mate of an oil tanker, Boracay, which French President Emmanuel Macron alleges is part of Russia’s shadow fleet and has been linked to drone incidents in Denmark and Norway.

Stéphane Kellenberger, prosecutor of the port city of Brest in western France, said on Oct. 2 that the two crew members had been in custody since at least Oct. 1.

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