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MADRID 25 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Norwegian authorities reported this Monday that they have closed the investigation into the alleged links of a company owned by a Norwegian with the sale to the Shiite militia party Hezbollah of the thousands of beepers that exploded in Lebanon.
The Police Security Service (PST) has reported that people close to the Norwegian citizen have been interviewed and his commercial and financial activities have been investigated, although they have not found “reasons” to continue with the investigations.
“In the framework of the investigation, the PST tried to contact the interested party, but did not receive a response,” highlighted the organization’s main advisor, Eirik Veum, as reported by the Norwegian public broadcasting corporation, NRK.
Norwegian authorities opened a “preliminary” investigation after Bulgaria announced it was investigating the company Norta Global, based in the capital Sofia and founded in 2022 by Norwegian citizen Rinson Jose.
The first clues after the explosions led to the Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, which quickly came out against the suspicions by pointing out that it had transferred the manufacturing rights to a second company, BAC Consulting, based in Hungary.
The Investigation Office of the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice assured in early November that AR-924 type communication devices have not been manufactured by Gold Apollo “for several years” and ruled out any link of citizens or companies on the island to the explosion. of these ‘searches’.
The explosions left nearly 40 dead and around 3,000 injured, according to Lebanese authorities, who noted that many of the victims were civilians. Just one day later, hundreds of walkie-talkies exploded, while the Israeli authorities launched a new invasion of Lebanon days later, trying to take advantage of the chaos within Hezbollah.