Police said there was nothing so far to suggest the incident was linked to a suspected plot to attack a different air base in western England that had been used by US military to launch bombing missions against Iran, The News Daily reported.
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The men were discovered after Ministry of Defence Police found an abandoned vehicle during a security patrol at RAF Molesworth, about 100 kilometres north of London and raised the alarm.
Subsequent checks found a small breach in the perimeter fence, and the men – aged 32 and 36 – were then arrested inside the base.
They were initially arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a prohibited site and criminal damage, then re-arrested on suspicion of “entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK” under the National Security Act 2023.
