An unidentified “high-ranking” US military soldier suspected of spying linked to Russia was arrested in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, British Metropolitan Police and US officials said.
British police arrested the 41-year-old man near Gloucester, about 100 miles west of London, and are conducting searches at two locations in the Gloucester area, according to a press release by Scotland Yard.
The statement did not identify the soldier’s name.
Brig. The general. Sean Stinchonthe commanding general of the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, said in the press release that the senior soldier had been entrusted with “sensitive information.”
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