At 19 o’clock on Tuesday evening arrested a person suspected of the unlawful intelligence activities against Sweden. The security police conducts the investigation, which is headed by a prosecutor at the Riksenheten for national security.
the man during a meeting with a Russian intelligence officers who have been active in Sweden under diplomatic cover from the Russian embassy.
the Arrest came after a long period of reconnaissance work by the secret Police.
the DN can now view a film from the arrest, which took place at a restaurant and nightclub on Kungsgatan in central Stockholm.
According to the DN’s witness, who was in the restaurant when the police struck, sat the two men, and ate. One of the two at the table had the ”eastern european look” and sat down with a notepad to arrive during the dinner, according to the witness.
the Place was barely half full. At the 19-time stormed the five-to six-bariatric guys through the door, and stood around a table where two people sat and ate. It looked like the two people had just finished dinner and was about to go, ” says the witness.
the person arrested the person within the ”american high-tech industry” and have access to information that is of interest to a foreign power, the activities of intelligence services.
According to the DN’s witness, it looked like they both knew each other quite well. The arrested was well-dressed with dark suit jacket.
– The two persons were led into the back part of the restaurant, by the toilets. There they were probably about a half hour. At the same time, watched the police through the gadgets which had been left at the table, including a bag.
as The plain-clothes police officers searching through the suspected spy’s things after his arrest. Photo: PRIVATE
left the ”östeuropéen” the restaurant at full speed, according to the DN’s witness.
” He looked very embarrassed and nervous.
The Russian underrättelseofficeren who worked under diplomatic cover in Sweden was released with the reference to diplomatic immunity, according to the Fbi. The state department stated that they currently do not want to comment on any diplomatic actions with the reason of the arrest.
According to the newspaper Expressen’s data, he is the man now left the country.
the Investigation led by the prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist at riksenheten for national security. According to documents at the Stockholm district court arrested the suspect man 19:06 on Tuesday night. The same time is DN’s film taken, according to the metadata that accompanies the file.
the person arrested the man a public defender appointed by the Stockholm district court. Lawyer Anna Björklund would not comment on his client’s attitude towards the suspicions or if she met the client.
“I can nothing say, because I have been yppandeförbud, what I can say is that I have taken the customary law practise,” she says.
the DN has sought the management of the nightclub where the arrest took place.
– I get no say, and know nothing, ” says one of the managers at Today’s News.
the secret Police have declined to comment on the film from the arrest.
