A man has been charged with offences related to national security as part of an ongoing investigation led by counter-terrorism policing (CTP) London, according to the Metropolitan police. Joshua Cammidge, 31, was arrested at an address in Swindon on Friday 4 September by CTP London officers, who were supported by officers from Wiltshire police. Searches were also carried out at a different address in Swindon.
He was further arrested and detained the following day, being charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and intending to commit or engage in conduct to prepare an act of sabotage. The Met have claimed that Cammidge’s arrest relate to alleged contact with a representative of the GRU Volunteer Corps, a group controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency that have been accused of previously engaging in acts of sabotage against Britain and its allies. The National Security Act, which Cammidge was arrested and charged under, was introduced in 2023 to help increase the measures that law enforcement can take in order to protect the UK from security threats such as espionage, foreign interference or influence, and sabotage.
Frank Ferguson, chief crown prosecutor for the CPS special crime and counter-terrorism division, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Joshua Cammidge with National Security Act offences following a counter-terrorism policing investigation.
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