Washington, March 7 -- Three individuals, including two active-duty US Army soldiers, Jian Zhao and Li Tian, and one former US Army soldier, Ruoyu Duan, have been arrested and charged with various crimes related to national security, read a press release of US State Department.

Zhao, a Supply Sergeant stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was charged with conspiring to obtain and transmit national defense information to individuals in China, as well as bribery and theft of government property, the US State Department said on Friday.

The indictment alleged that Zhao conspired with others to collect and transmit classified hard drives, including those marked "SECRET" and "TOP SECRET", to individuals in China.

The indictment in the Weste...