A Briton and a Chinese citizen, accused by the United States of smuggling military technology and arrested in Serbia, have disappeared from house arrest, a Serbian court told AFP.

John Miller, 63, and Cui Guanghai, 43, were detained in Belgrade in late April on a US warrant accusing them of "conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of the Arms Export Control Act" by allegedly attempting to obtain and transfer sensitive US military technology to China, according to the US Department of Justice.

Extradition proceedings were launched at Washington's request and, after spending several weeks in detention, the two were placed under house arrest with electronic monitoring.

But in mid-August, "the electronic monitoring system triggered an alarm", the High Court told AFP on Tuesday.

"When officia

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