British Police Detain Two Individuals for Breaching Air Base Fence
Discovery of a breach in the fence at Molesworth Air Base and the detention of two individuals suspected of trespassing in a restricted area.
Translated by Qiyas from الأنباء — Original source
British police announced that they had detained two Latvian nationals inside the grounds of RAF Molesworth in England, which houses, among other facilities, a NATO intelligence center. Counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident, which comes days after a separate incident near another British military base used by the U.S. military. Helen Flanagan, a counter-terrorism police official in London, said in a statement that “there is no indication” at this stage of a link between the two incidents. The police stated that the two Latvians, aged 32 and 36, were arrested on suspicion of “entering a prohibited area for purposes prejudicial to the United Kingdom.” A security patrol from the Ministry of Defence police reported an “abandoned vehicle” near the perimeter of RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire late the day before yesterday. Searches around the site led to the discovery of “a small hole in the fence” surrounding the base, and two men were located and arrested “within the base perimeter,” the police said in a statement. This breach follows an incident that occurred near Fairford base in southwest England on September 27.
