Detained vessel tried to flee from Karlskrona and was seized by Coastguard

The "Saga Lejon" on the way to Africa ended up in Karlskrona following an intervention by the Swedish Coast Guard. The ship was recently sold by Royal Stockholm Cruise Line to a buyer in Södertälje and was to be deployed on the Togo-Cameroon route at the west coast of Africa. But the "Saga Lejon" only had permission to travel across Bråviken. The first part of the voyage went to Frederikshavn, but came no further than Karlskrona. A sailing ban was issued on Oct 11, 2017. After the ship sailed without having been cleared to do so in the evening of Oct 14, it was located at 7.30 p.m. about 20 miles off Karlskrona and boarded by the Coast Guard. It was taken to Ystad on Oct 15.