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Eurojust Identifies 22 Suspects in Russian-Linked Self-Igniting Parcel Plot

Officials say the mail-borne devices posed a serious aviation safety risk.

Overview

  • Eurojust identified 22 suspects in Lithuania and Poland believed to have worked for Russian military intelligence.
  • A joint UKEuropean investigation followed self-igniting parcels in the UK, Germany and Poland, including a fire at a DHL depot near Birmingham.
  • Another parcel ignited at Leipzig airport just before loading, and investigators traced test packages bound for the United States and Canada with two linked parcels found in Amsterdam.
  • Four parcels in total were dispatched from Lithuania to addresses in the UK and Poland, according to Eurojust.
  • Two cases have been sent to courts in Lithuania and Poland, and UK police arrested a 38-year-old Romanian man after he arrived at Stansted as inquiries continue into a network recruited online and paid in cryptocurrencies.