BAKU. May 10 (Interfax) - A group of servicemen and civilians who secretly collaborated with Armenian security services have been arrested in Azerbaijan, the country's Prosecutor General's Office, Interior Ministry, Defense Ministry and State Security Service said in a joint statement.
"As a result of inquiries into the information about a provocation being plotted by Armenian security services and troops against Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry positions and populated localities in Terter district, it was established that a group of servicemen and civilians, who committed treason against Azerbaijan driven by their material interests, were in close collaboration with hostile intelligence and periodically passed information constituting military secret to the enemy," the statement says.
"As a result of urgent investigative measures, the provocative and terrorist activities the hostile security services had been planning in public places in Baku were prevented. The group of servicemen and civilians involved in secret collaboration with enemy security services has been arrested," the Azeri agencies said.
Based on the material gathered, the Military Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan launched a criminal inquiry under Article 274 of the Criminal Code and a joint investigative team was set up of officers from the Prosecutor General's Office, Defense and Interior Ministries and the State Security Service.