Russian chef arrested in Paris over alleged 'large scale' Olympic Games plot

Agents found evidence suggesting the man was preparing a 'large-scale project' that could have had 'serious' consequences during the three weeks of games

Prosecutors in Paris said the search of the Russian national’s apartment had been carried out at the request of the French interior ministry. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 40-year-old man was arrested during a raid of his apartment in central Paris on Sunday where a document linked to an elite Russian special forces unit operating under the command of the FSB, an heir to the KGB, was reportedly found.