British police confirmed Thursday they had arrested a man under the Official Secrets Act amid reports of a feared Chinese plot against F-35B stealth fighter jets. Bryn Jones, 73, a former Rolls-Royce chief combustion technologist, was arrested after the security services received intelligence that classified information may have been passed to Beijing, The Sun newspaper reported.
British plane engines manufacturer Rolls-Royce, based in Derby, central England, carried out top-secret work on the take-off and vertical landing system for the F-35B Lightning II supersonic jet, being built by US defence firm Lockheed Martin. A spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police told AFP that they had made an arrest in Derbyshire on Tuesday as part of an investigation under the Official Secrets Act. British police do not confirm the identity of suspects who have not been charged with an offence.
"The man, who is in his 70s and worked within private industry, was taken to a police station in Derbyshire," the spokeswoman said.
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