41-Year-Old US Army Officer Arrested Near Gloucester on November 10: Suspected Offences Under National Security Act Sections 1 and 3, Allegations Relate to Russia
LONDON — London Metropolitan Police said a 41-year-old United States Army soldier was arrested near Gloucester on Tuesday, November 10, by counterterrorism police working closely with US authorities, the US military and the FBI.
Police said the soldier was arrested on suspicion of offences under Section 1 and Section 3 of the National Security Act 2023. Section 1 concerns protected information, and Section 3 concerns assisting a foreign intelligence service. Police said the country to which the allegations relate is Russia.
A senior NATO official told CNN that the soldier was assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, the British-led NATO corps headquartered at Imjin Barracks in Innsworth, near Gloucester. A US official said the soldier is a field grade officer, a rank band covering major to colonel. Police have not released his name or exact rank. He remains in custody at a London police station, and officers are searching two locations in Gloucestershire.
Brigadier General Sean Stinchon, commanding general of US Army Counterintelligence Command, said the senior soldier was entrusted with sensitive information. FBI Director Kash Patel was quoted in the police release as saying the arrest involves allegations of espionage. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that Russia has no connection to this whatsoever. Police said the arrest is not linked to any other ongoing counterterrorism investigation. No formal charge has been announced, and the allegations have not been tested in court. This item reports the official statements only.
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