Status: 11.08.2021 2:06 p.m.
He is said to have been providing information to a Russian secret service for money since November at the latest: An employee of the British embassy in Berlin has been arrested for suspected activity as an agent.
The federal prosecutor’s office arrested an employee of the British embassy in Berlin because he was alleged to have provided a Russian secret service with documents for money. An investigative judge from the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe is supposed to decide whether the Briton will come into custody.
According to the authorities, the man is under urgent suspicion of being a secret service agent. He is said to have worked for the secret service since November 2020 at the latest. At least once he submitted this material, which he came across in the course of his work. How much cash he got for it is still unclear.
Searched home and workplace
The responsible British Home Office confirmed the arrest of a “person who worked as a local government employee” on request. The authority has not provided any further information so far. “It would not be appropriate to comment further, since police investigations are ongoing,” it said from London.
According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, officials from the Federal Criminal Police Office arrested the accused in Potsdam on Tuesday. In addition, the man’s home and workplace were searched. This was preceded by joint investigations by German and British authorities.