Overview
- Latvia’s State Security Service, working with military intelligence, detained a Latvian citizen on suspicion of gathering defense-related information for Russian military intelligence.
- Criminal proceedings began on October 14 under Article 85(1) for collecting or transmitting information on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
- Investigators say the suspect transferred details on private infrastructure usable for aviation, the presence of NATO allied forces in Latvia, and other defense-sector matters.
- The suspect was tasked to collect information on how prepaid mobile SIM cards can be purchased in Latvia.
- Searches on October 17–18 at locations linked to the suspect in Ventspils yielded data storage devices now under detailed examination, and the suspect remains in custody while the investigation continues.