Two men and a woman arrested in Essex on suspicion of spying for Russia

Arrests follow counter-terrorism investigation into suspected National Security Act offences, Met police say

Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia amid increasing alarm at the activities of Moscow’s intelligence services in the UK.

The Metropolitan police said two men aged 41 and 46 and a 35-year-old woman were arrested at two separate homes in Grays, Essex, on suspicion of assisting the Russian intelligence service and taken to a police station in London.