![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-russian-spies-seaside-meetings-at-bb-hq-where-undercover-agents-would-pop-into-local-bar-for-pint-of-carling/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nearby-prom-hotel-bar-spys-848001910.jpg&description=COASTAL HIDEOUT Inside 'Russian spies' seaside meetings at B&B HQ where 'undercover agents' would pop into local bar for pint of Carling THE alleged Russian agents who cops believe used the rundown seaside B&B in Great Yarmouth as the HQ for its whole spy operation also popped into the pub opposite for a pint of Carling most days. Three men and two women are accused of conspiring to commit espionage following a major Met Police investigation. 6 The nearby Prom Hotel bar where the alleged spies would visit to have a drink in the Mermaid bar Credit: East News 6 The run down Haydee Hotel in Great Yarmouth is believed to be their HQ Credit: East News Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier today. Now, it has been revealed the accused undercover agents would meet in The Mermaid Bar in the Prom Hotel, across the road from terraced guesthouse The Haydee. One pub local said: 'They were in The Mermaid all the time apparently, having Carling like everyone else because it's cheap. 'I think the odd time they had John Smiths or San Miguel - but they were Carling regulars, I'm told. 'To be honest we get loads of people living in the hostels and B&Bs and lots of them are from Eastern Europe.' The Haydee received a 9 out of 10 rating from Booking.com as recently as 2017. The alleged spy cell was thought to have been based just 50 yards from Great Yarmouth's pier - where comedians Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson are regulars. All Bulgaria natives, the group allegedly conspired to gather information that would be useful to an enemy between August 2020 and February this year. They used a surveillance kit to gain information and pass it onto a tasker in Russia while working for a UK network, the court heard. This information was allegedly used to "conduct hostile acts" against specific targets, including their "potential abductions". The five defendants were arrested und){kind=link}
THE alleged Russian agents who cops believe used the rundown seaside B&B in Great Yarmouth as the HQ for its whole spy operation also popped into the pub opposite for a pint of Carling most days.
Three men and two women are accused of conspiring to commit espionage following a major Met Police investigation.
Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court earlier today.
Now, it has been revealed the accused undercover agents would meet in The Mermaid Bar in the Prom Hotel, across the road from terraced guesthouse The Haydee.
One pub local said: “They were in The Mermaid all the time apparently, having Carling like everyone else because it’s cheap.