There are fears that Russian spies planted a bomb on a plane that landed in the UK and “caught alight” at a warehouse after it arrived in Britain.
Counter terrorism police are investigating if Russian spies are responsible after a fire started at a DHL warehouse, near to Birmingham on 22 July.
DHL said they are looking to “secure its network, staff and assets as well as customer shipments by implementing strengthened security measures across the European countries as a reaction to ongoing investigations by authorities from several countries.”
It is believed it was an incendiary device and similar incident happened in Germany in July, no further details have been revealed
A Counter Terrorism Policing spokeswoman said, “We can confirm that officers from Counter Terrorism Policing are investigating an incident at a commercial premises in Midpoint Way, Minworth.
“On Monday, 22 July, a package at the location caught alight. It was dealt with by staff and the local fire brigade at the time and there were no reports of any injuries or significant damage caused.
“Due to the circumstances, and the specialist capability and expertise in investigating such matters, the investigation is being led by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command with support from colleagues from Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands.
“The investigation remains ongoing and there have been no arrests in our investigation at this time. As part of our inquiries, officers are liaising with other European law enforcement partners to identify whether this may or may not be connected to any other similar-type incidents across Europe.”
This month the head of the Security Service, known as MI5 warned that Britain should “expect to see continued acts of aggression here at home” from Russia, with its military intelligence agency the GRU on “sustained missions.”
MI5 chief Ken McCallum added last week, “We’ve seen arson, sabotage and more.”
The Russian embassy in London said that the MI5 chiefs claims are “unsubstantiated” and that Moscow is “the real target of proxy and mercenary warfare as well as hostile intelligence operations” by the UK and NATO.
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