Islamabad, April 20 -- Turkey has arrested two intelligence operatives who confessed to spying on Arab nationals for the United Arab Emirates.

Turkish officials say that the country is s probing whether the arrival in Turkey of one of the operative was related to Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

One of the two men arrived in Turkey in October 2018, days after Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, the official said, adding the other arrived to help his colleague with the workload.

"We are investigating whether the primary individual's arrival in Turkey was related to the Jamal Khashoggi murder," said the official, adding the person has been monitored for the past six months.

"It is possible that there was an attemp...