Washington Areas Dept: On Friday, Interpol sent a wire to Cyprus authorities that placed his name on a travel stop-list called the Red Notice, according to Globe And Mail. In the predawn hours of Tuesday, according to Cyprus officials, he took a cab to the airport, with his Canadian passport and a one-way ticket to Budapest in hand. It seems that Mr. Metsos knew he was in trouble. Police on the island say he had heard of the arrests of the people in the United States accused of being Russian spies and when a middle-aged man walked in and booked a room on June 17, he attracted little notice. At the airport, he had described himself to immigration officials as a tourist from Canada, according to police sources. He carried a familiar blue passport with gold embossing, bearing the name Christopher Robert Metsos, age 55. Nobody knows what he did for the next dozen days. On Sunday, U.S. officials rounded up 10 people in the New York and Washington areas and accused them of being Russian spies. When the arrests were announced Monday, Mr. Metsos was named as the their spymaster and the manhunt for his whereabouts was public. As
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