Berlin – A second arrest has been made in one spy case in the German foreign intelligence agency, officials said on Thursday.
according to public prosecutor general In Karlsruhe, a German national who is “strongly suspected” of acting as a courier for a double agent is arrested on suspicion of treason.
In December, an employee of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) was arrested on suspicion of passing highly sensitive information to Russian intelligence services. According to ProsecutorsThis information contained state secrets. Spiegel The magazine reported that the man worked in the BND department handling critical intelligence on the Ukraine war.
The second person arrested is believed to be an associate of the alleged double agent and passed sensitive information to Russia. He was arrested at Munich airport on Sunday because he was entering the country from the United States and is not a BND employee.
German authorities received support from the FBI in their investigation, the public prosecutor generalsaid in the statement.