Media: Hidden Chinese tracking device ‘found in UK Government car’

A hidden Chinese tracking device was found in a UK Government car, Report informs via UK's i newspaper.

UK intelligence services believe that the geolocating device had been placed into a vehicle inside a sealed part imported from a supplier in China and installed by the vehicle manufacturer, according to the source.

Officials had dismantled the British Government vehicles and swept them deliberately for Chinese tracking SIMs to step up the UK’s defence against espionage from hostile states, according to two intelligence sources. The cars are used to transport Government ministers and diplomats.

A serving intelligence officer told i that at least one secret SIM card had been found during the searches.

Such cards are capable of tracking the movement of vehicles and sending data back to state-owned suppliers in China had been found during the searches.