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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Navy's submarine secrets 'were stolen in burglary and then blackmailer demanded money for their return'

Astute class SSNA Polish man appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing ‘sensitive and restricted’ documents relating to some of the Royal Navy’s submarines.

The court was told the files went missing when a naval dockyard worker’s Plymouth flat was burgled.

But the incident only came to light when the Polish embassy was contacted about the documents – which refer to the ‘design and operation of certain submarines’ – by someone demanding a substantial amount of money.

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