Frankfurt
German prosecutors said on Thursday they had arrested a businessman on suspicion of exporting millions of euros in machinery to Russia that could be used for military purposes, in violation of EU sanctions.
Customs police detained the suspect, German national Alexander S, in the Bavarian city of Augsburg on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
He stands accused of violating the foreign trade law by entering into commercial deals “with the secret service of a foreign power”, they said.
In connection with the probe, officers raided the suspect’s Augsburg apartment as well as business premises in Bavaria, Saxony state and Berlin.—AP