Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the suspect tied to a hidden weapons cache in a forest near Berlin as a “low-level agent” of Russian intelligence and added that several more agents have been detained this year. File Photo by Christoph Soeder/EPA-EFE
Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Authorities in Germany discovered an underground weapons cache in a forest near Berlin and are seeking to extradite a suspect from Romania.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the suspect as a "low-level agent" and added that several more agents have been detained this year. The call for extradition is part of a monthslong investigation after authorities discovered two firearms and ammunition stowed away in the forest.
The weapons cache is suspected to be linked to Russian intelligence. Investigators left the weapons in place after determining they were rendered useless in hopes of observing someone coming back for them. After months of surveillance, no one had come to the site to retrieve them, leaving investigators to believe that the operation had been abandoned.
Dobrindt said authorities are investigating whether the weapons were meant for a violent threat to national security.
