An unknown object spotted drifting across the Narva River yesterday evening from the Russian side was identified as a man recently declared a wanted criminal in Estonia.
Border guards at Narva-Jõesuu, where the river flows into the sea, caught the man, dressed in a wetsuit and flippers, twenty minutes after he was first noticed, reported uudised.err.ee.
The 28-year-old man was previously declared wanted for number of thefts by the Narva police.
The illegal border crossing attempt was added to his list of criminal offenses.
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