95250061 Air Force Capt. Netherlands arrested for revealing state secrets
A former Air Force airman Netherlands arrested on suspicion of divulging state secrets, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. 37-year-old pilot was arrested on 17 March in The Hague. On Thursday, April 28, the Hague tribunal had to decide on its further detention. On the court's decision the Dutch press says nothing. According to the prosecution, Marianne Gut, the indictment will be announced approximately one week before the hearings in the Hague court, meeting scheduled for June 9. More information for the investigation were not disclosed. Currently, former captain of the Royal Air Force, Chris B. is in prison in Zoetermeer in the west of the Netherlands. Dutch officer suspected of leaking "of one or more state secrets." According to fellow pilots, who leads edition Elsevier, he was going to sell the information about weapons systems, NATO native of Belarus. Co-workers also told reporters that after his dismissal from the armed forces in 2010, Air Force Captain ran into financial difficulties. Size of its debt reached 600 thousand euros. After a failed suicide attempt, Chris V. allegedly began to seek contacts with representatives of foreign intelligence. In the service as part of 313 Squadron pilot operated F-16 fighters, as well as an instructor of the Royal Air Force aerobatics. Among his colleagues was known by the callsign "Omelet."