The E16 between Ringmoen and Hallingby in Ringerike was closed for approximately 15 minutes on Thursday morning. The police reported that the closure “takes place in connection with an investigation into an ongoing criminal case”. The stretch of road is approximately 12 kilometers long and runs through a wooded area with few built-up areas. On this stretch, there is also a road camera that continuously takes pictures of the traffic and sends them out to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s website and app. Video recordings from these web cameras must not be saved. The traffic cameras of the National Road Administration at Hallingby in Ringerike may have captured interesting traces. But recordings from these are not saved. Photo: Anders Haualand / news Closed for a quarter of an hour for investigation – Is the closure of the E16 today in connection with the Jonas case? – Yes, I can confirm that this is in connection with the Jonas case, replies operations manager Espen Reite. – Can you say anything more about the closure, exactly where and what has been done? – For the sake of the investigation, I do not want to say more, Reite replies. At 12.07 the police reported that the E16 was reopened to traffic. Unknown to the closure When asked by news what the reason for the closure of the road is, assistant lawyer Marijana Lozic replies the following in an SMS: – I am not aware of this. Assistant lawyer Marijana Lozic. Photo: Stig Jaarvik / news Jon Anders Hasle, defense lawyer for one of the accused in the case, says he is not aware of the police investigations between Ringmoen and Hallingby on Thursday morning. He adds that his client has not been questioned recently. Lawyer Jon Anders Hasle. Photo: John-André Samuelsen / news news has previously learned that Jonas Aarseth Henriksen (30) was shot and killed at a utility in Nes in Ådal in August. On 17 November, police prosecutor Odd Skei Kostveit confirmed the information for the first time. – We confirm that Jonas was shot, and that we assume that it was with one of the weapons that the verdict deals with, Kostveit told news. Tip news’s crime group: Do you have information about this case or other crime cases? Contact news’s crime group. You can tip us off by e-mail or through news’s encrypted notification service. Here you can tip us anonymously. We also treat all tips confidentially, in line with the Vær varsom poster’s rules on source protection.
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The police closed E16 in connection with the Jonas Aarseth Henriksen investigation – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
