Finnish police isolate ports in Helsinki
{{date|August 6, 2005}}
[[Image:Central Helsinki from plane.jpg|right|thumb|View of Helsinki]]
The [[w:Finland|Finnish]] police isolated the ports of [[w:Katajanokka|Katajanokka]] and Länsisatama on Saturday. The ports were isolated at around 9.30 p.m. local time and the isolation was called off at around 11.30 p.m.

Finnish police received reports from Estonia that a shipping container loaded with explosives could be coming from [[w:Estonia|Estonia]] Saturday evening. They checked every truck that passed the ports with the assistance of the Border Guard Service. There are still two ships due to arrive in [[w:Helsinki|Helsinki]] tonight, but they were already checked in [[w:Tallinn|Tallinn]].

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.shtml/arkistot/kotimaa/2005/08/384352
|title=Helsingin satamia eristetty (in Finnish)
|author=
|pub=MTV3
|date=August 6, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.yle.fi/cgi-bin/tekstitv/ttv.cgi/108/
|title=Poliisi eristi satamia Helsingissä (in Finnish)
|author=
|pub=YLE
|date=August 6, 2005}}

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The Finnish police isolated the ports of Katajanokka and Länsisatama on Saturday. The ports were isolated at around 9.30 p.m. local time and the isolation was called off at around 11.30 p.m.

Finnish police received reports from Estonia that a shipping container loaded with explosives could be coming from Estonia Saturday evening. They checked every truck that passed the ports with the assistance of the Border Guard Service. There are still two ships due to arrive in Helsinki tonight, but they were already checked in Tallinn.
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