As of: March 12, 2024, 6:50 p.m
By: Sandra Sporer
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A substance that has not yet been identified has contaminated 61 hectares of the Baltic Sea.
The police are looking for the perpetrator.
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A foul-smelling film suddenly covers the Baltic Sea in front of the Darß.
The substance has not yet been identified.
The police are looking for the culprit.
Fischland-Darß - On Tuesday morning (March 12th) at 8:50 a.m., contamination of the water surface at the level of the pier in the Baltic Sea resort of Prerow was detected, according to the Stralsund water police in a press release.
The officers on site noticed a “gray veil on the water surface of the Baltic Sea”.
However, it is now known that the contamination is anything but local.
Police become aware of an unknown substance in the Baltic Sea - and are now looking for the person who caused it
According to a report by focus,
a total of 61 hectares of the Baltic Sea should be
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may be contaminated with the previously unidentified substance.
According to the news portal, it also smelled of diesel.
It is also currently unclear who is responsible for the pollution in the Baltic Sea.
However, the police are already investigating this matter.
As the press release shows, criminal charges were filed and water samples were taken.
According to the Stralsund water police, “no perpetrator could be identified on site (...)”.
Office classifies Baltic Sea pollution as “unable to be combated”.
What makes this story even more tragic is the fact that cleaning the affected area will probably not be possible in this case.
At least that is the assessment of the State Office for Agriculture and the Environment (StALU MV).
The officials were called in to the case and classified the contamination as “unable to be combated”.
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