Russian agents suspected of the Skripal case were arrested in the Netherlands

Two suspected Russian agents for attempted cyber intrusion into a Swiss laboratory dealing with the Skripal case were arrested in the Netherlands and sent to Russia in the spring, media and official sources reported today.

The two men were arrested in The Hague by the Dutch secret military service (MIVD), according to the Dutch daily NRC, which has launched an investigation in cooperation with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.

According to the NRC, the two agents of the Russian services possessed equipment to access the computer network of the "Spiez" laboratory, the Swiss institute for protection against atomic, biological and chemical threats and dangers.

Located in the canton of Bern, this laboratory has been authorized by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OIAC) to analyze samples taken in Salisbury, southern England, where former Russian agent Sergueï Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by the agent. nerve "Novichok" in March. /kp/Telegraph/