British counterterrorism police arrested a 41-year-old member of the U.S. Army near Gloucester on Tuesday on suspicion of spying for Russia, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
The soldier was held under the National Security Act 2023, on suspicion of offences under its first and third sections, and officers were searching two Gloucestershire addresses, the force said. The first of those sections deals with obtaining or disclosing protected information. The third covers assisting a foreign intelligence service. He is being detained in London and has not been named or charged.
“The country to which the allegations relate is Russia,” the statement said.
