Sweden Ends Nord Stream Sabotage Probe, Hands Evidence to Germany

Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows a disturbance of well over one kilometre in diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Handout via Reuters

STOCKHOLM—Sweden on Feb. 7 dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, saying it lacked jurisdiction in the case, but had handed evidence it had uncovered over to German investigators.

The multibillion-dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of blasts in the Swedish and Danish economic zones in September 2022, releasing vast amounts of methane into the air.