Berlin, Oct. 6 -- Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office agents have arrested former Federal Intelligence Service (BND) President August Hanning and his former chief of staff, Manfred D, on serious charges including treasonous espionage, spying on state secrets, attempted treason, and espionage, Euro News reported.

In an official statement, the Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that the two German nationals were taken into custody on Tuesday, in Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen County, Bavaria, and Steinfurt County, North Rhine-Westphalia, pursuant to warrants issued by the Investigating Judge at the Federal Court of Justice. Law enforcement officers simultaneously searched properties in both locations as well as in Berlin.

Hanning, who se...