New revelations are coming to light in the espionage case in Souda, as the Georgian who was brought in had in his possession photographs of the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, while he was receiving information directly from Iran via an application.
The 36-year-old Georgian had been under surveillance since 10 February, while on the 16th of the same month he stayed at a hotel where the Azeri who was arrested at the end of June, also for espionage in Souda, had also stayed.
According to information, he arrived the day before yesterday in Athens from Crete and today he was heading to the airport with an unknown destination, at which point the EYP decided to bring him in.
Sources from the EYP report that in the coming hours the bringing in is expected to be turned into an arrest by the National Intelligence Service.
It is noted that last June the authorities had proceeded with the arrest of an Azeri carrying a Polish passport, who had rented a hotel at a very close distance from the air-naval base and was carrying out photography of potential targets both of the base in Souda and of warships, which were entering and exiting the Naval Station.
The Police had confiscated a camera, a laptop, a mobile phone and a USB stick, where many photographs of the military installations were found.
In fact, the 26-year-old had in his possession 5,000 photographs from the naval base, mainly of warships entering and exiting Souda Bay.
According to the same information, the 26-year-old had special encryption software installed on the laptop, purchased commercially, while the photographs had been sent to an unknown recipient.
Earlier we wrote:
The bringing in of a Georgian in Chania for possible espionage activity was carried out by officers of the Greek security services.
According to information, the man was moving in Souda Bay and his movements were deemed suspicious, resulting in him being brought in for further investigation.
What is being examined is whether the man was collecting information on behalf of Iran without more having yet become known about the case.
The specific bringing in comes a few months after the arrest of an Azeri spy in Souda.
Last June a 26-year-old Azeri had been arrested for felony espionage.
The young man had rented a hotel room with a view of Souda Bay.
When he detected the movement of a warship entering or exiting the Naval Station he would take photographs.
He would then transfer the material from the camera to a memory card and from there to a laptop. He encrypted the files and sent them to an unknown recipient.
One day before the arrest of the 26-year-old, a 44-year-old from Azerbaijan had been arrested in Cyprus for espionage in favor of Iran.
The 44-year-old was using the same encryption software as the 26-year-old and was recording the movements of military assets at the British base of Limassol.
The Greek security services are now examining to what extent the Georgian who was brought in a few days ago in Chania, near Souda Bay, also had similar espionage activity.
The alertness and vigilance of the EL.AS. and the EYP in areas where there are American bases has been significantly intensified for quite some time.
Last June a 59-year-old Georgian had again come under the microscope, who was arrested for espionage in Alexandroupoli.
In fact, there were fears at that time of a possible plan of sabotage or attack in an area that is considered a strategic point and strategic hub.
When the arrest of the 59-year-old (a house painter by profession) had taken place, it had not become clear from which country his “recruiter” was.
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