LONDON, 11 Aug Scotland Yard has confirmed the arrest of the British as part of a joint operation with German colleagues in Germany. «The fifty-seven-year-old Briton was detained by the German authorities on Tuesday, August 10, as part of a joint investigation by the counter-terrorist command of the police and German colleagues. The man was detained … on suspicion of committing. crimes related to participation in the actions of an intelligence agent, «- said in a statement on the agency's website.
The FSB general named the reason for the stuffing about «Russian spies» The message also indicates that the leading role in the investigation of this case remains with the German authorities, but the British law enforcement agencies are providing the necessary assistance. Earlier, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Germany reported that a British citizen was detained on suspicion of working for the Russian secret service. According to the German side, an employee of the British Embassy in Berlin has been cooperating with Moscow since November 2020. He was detained on August 10 in Potsdam, the suspect's apartment and workplace were searched. In June, a Russian was detained in Germany — an employee of the natural science department of one of the German universities. He was also suspected of espionage — according to the Prosecutor General's Office, he transmitted information from his place of work to a Russian special service employee at least three times.
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