Three suspected spies for Russia in the UK have been arrested and charged in a major national security investigation, Report informs referring to the BBC.
The defendants, all Bulgarian nationals, were held in February and have been remanded in custody since.
It is alleged they were working for the Russian security services.
They are charged with possessing identity documents with "improper intention", and are alleged to have had these knowing they were fake.
The documents include passports, identity cards and other documents for the UK, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, and the Czech Republic.
The three defendants were arrested under the Official Secrets Act by counter-terrorism detectives from the Metropolitan Police, which has national policing responsibility for espionage.
They are: Orlin Roussev, 45, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, of Harrow, north-west London and Katrin Ivanova, 31, of the same Harrow address.
The trio have lived in the UK for years, working in a variety of jobs, and living in a series of suburban properties.
According to Bulgarian state documents online, they also worked for electoral commissions in London which facilitate voting in Bulgarian elections by citizens living abroad.