Two Latvian men are arrested for trespassing at a UK airbase used by US and NATO
Two Latvian men were arrested at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire. Military police found an abandoned vehicle outside the facility and three suspicious vans near RAF Fairford. The men were charged with entering a prohibited site for a purpose prejudicial to the UK’s interests.
- Two Latvian men were arrested at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, where military police discovered an abandoned vehicle outside the facility and three suspicious vans near RAF Fairford.
- The men were charged with entering a prohibited site for a purpose prejudicial to the UK’s interests.
- RAF Molesworth hosts the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre and is a non-flying facility managed by the United States Air Force.
- The base hosts United States and NATO intelligence operations.
- The US withdrew B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford.
- The men were rearrested on suspicion of an offence under the National Security Act 2023.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said investigators believed Iran was involved in the incident near the base.
- A police spokesperson stated the incident is not connected to events at RAF Fairford last week.
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