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Alex Kapranos was detained by Russian police, who suspected him of being a spy. The rocker was traveling under his real last name, Huntley, which he just happened to share with an MI6 agent who stole secrets from the country in the early ‘90s. Alex was freed when he pointed out the 13-year age difference between him and the spy. And that’s what happened today in rock history. Photo: Getty

Find out why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos was suspected of being a spy.

Find out why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos was suspected of being a spy.

Alex Kapranos was detained by Russian police, who suspected him of being a spy. The rocker was traveling under his real last name, Huntley, which he just happened to share with an MI6 agent who stole secrets from the country in the early ‘90s. Alex was freed when he pointed out the 13-year age difference between him and the spy. And that’s what happened today in rock history. Photo: Getty

Find out why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos was suspected of being a spy.

Alex Kapranos was detained by Russian police, who suspected him of being a spy. The rocker was traveling under his real last name, Huntley, which he just happened to share with an MI6 agent who stole secrets from the country in the early ‘90s. Alex was freed when he pointed out the 13-year age difference between him and the spy. And that’s what happened today in rock history. Photo: Getty

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