BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
24/03/2008
Belarus Detains Spy Ring at US Service
Minsk, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Belarus' Security forces announced on Monday that they dismantled a national spy network at the service of the US embassy in this capital.
The ten-member group, all of them Byelorussian citizens, was arrested during a police operation.
According to the State first television channel, the spies were acting under the cover of an alleged group fighting against terrorism.
The arrest occurred at the apartment that appeared to be headquarters of the spy network, located about 500 meters of the US embassy in Minsk.
Security sources told the press that the meetings with the US diplomats took place in that old residence, which the neighbours thought it was a drugs hideout and called the police.
The report adds that cameras, binoculars, and cell phones were seized in the operation.
The detainees said that US embassy attache Kart Finli was involved as direct coordinator of the group. The accused was found in the apartment when the police surprisingly showed up.
Source:
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B8930FB74-B670-4317-9044-08584D0943BE%7D)&language=EN
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