"Through our recent national security casework, we're seeing an increasing number of who we would describe as 'proxies' being recruited by foreign intelligence services. Indeed, two young British men are awaiting sentencing after they were recruited by the Wagner Group - effectively the Russian state - to carry out an arson at Ukrainian-linked warehouse. They are facing potentially lengthy custodial sentences, although, to be clear, today's arrests are in no way connected to that investigation."
"One woman and two men have been arrested in Essex under suspicion of spying for Russia's foreign intelligence service. But anyone who might be contacted by and tempted into carrying out criminal activity on behalf of a foreign state here in the UK should think again. This kind of activity will be investigated and anyone found to be involved can expect to be prosecuted and there are potentially very serious consequences for those who are convicted."
Three people — a 35-year-old woman, a 42-year-old man and a 46-year-old man — were arrested in the Grays area of Essex on suspicion of spying for Russia's foreign intelligence service. The Head of the Counter Terrorism Command noted an increasing number of 'proxies' being recruited by foreign intelligence services through national security casework. Two young British men are awaiting sentencing after recruitment by the Wagner Group to carry out an arson at a Ukrainian-linked warehouse, though the current arrests are not connected to that case. Police warned anyone contacted or tempted to commit criminal acts for a foreign state will be investigated, prosecuted and could face serious consequences.
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