WARSAW, Poland — Polish authorities arrested a Ukrainian diver who is suspected of involvement in undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany three years ago, Polish and German prosecutors said Tuesday.

Volodymyr Z. was detained in Pruszkow, central Poland, Piotr Antoni Skiba, a spokesperson for the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office, told a press conference.

The suspect, whose full name wasn't released due to privacy rules, was detained on a European arrest warrant issued by German authorities.

Polish police had tried to arrest the man last year, Skiba said, but he had managed to leave for Ukraine, according to Polish radio station RMF FM.

The 46-year old was a resident of Poland, where he lived with his family, and owne

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