Russian tourists arrested near Saab chief's villa in Gävleborg

Swedish police arrested two Russian tourists in Gävleborg after they came too close to a weapons and aircraft manufacturer's summer cottage. The couple carried radio transmitters and spoke English with a Russian accent, which raised suspicions.

Russian tourists arrested near Saab chief's villa in Gävleborg

Russian tourists arrested near Saab chief's villa in Gävleborg

Swedish police in Gävleborg in central Sweden have arrested two Russian tourists who were found too close to a Swedish weapons and aircraft manufacturer's summer cottage. According to the authorities, they could pose a threat to the Swedish state.

Semyon Rusanov and Tatyana Milenina, who were on holiday in Sweden, are said to have walked into an area where Saab's chief executive Michael Johansson was staying. The couple reportedly wanted to fish from the jetty at the villa, but Johansson's bodyguards turned them away and called the police. Suspicions were raised by the fact that they spoke English with a Russian accent and had radio transmitters with them, according to the Estonian news site pmo.ee.

Source: Postimees

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