Norway‘s security police (PST) have begun a preliminary investigation into reports that a Norwegian-owned company was linked to the sale of pagers to Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah that exploded last week, a police lawyer told Reuters.
Bulgarian authorities said last week they were investigating Sofia-based company Norta Global Ltd after a Hungarian media report that it was involved in facilitating the sale of the pagers.
Founder unreachable after conference
The company was founded in 2022 by Norwegian citizen, Rinson Jose, 39, according to Bulgaria’s corporate registry. He signed the company’s articles of association at the Bulgarian consulate in Oslo, the documents reviewed by Reuters showed.
Jose declined to comment on the pagers when reached by phone last Wednesday and hung up when asked about the Bulgarian business. He did not return repeated calls and text messages.
He last contacted his colleagues by email on September 18, according to Norwegian media. His employer told Reuters it had not been able to reach him since.
