The security breach comes days after seven suspects in a separate alleged “terror plot” against an American airbase were released on bail
British counterterrorism police have arrested two Latvian nationals accused of breaking into a military installation housing major US and NATO intelligence operations, just days after British authorities alleged an Iranian-linked terror plot at another American airbase.
The two men, aged 32 and 36, were detained early Thursday inside RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire after security personnel discovered an abandoned vehicle and a breach in the base’s perimeter fence, according to police.
Both suspects reside in the UK and were initially arrested on suspicion of trespassing and criminal damage. They were subsequently arrested under the National Security Act on suspicion of entering a prohibited site for a purpose prejudicial to Britain. Their identities and possible motives have not been disclosed.
RAF Molesworth, roughly 70 miles north of London, hosts US military intelligence operations covering Europe and Africa, as well as NATO’s Intelligence Fusion Centre. Although officially designated a Royal Air Force station, the facility is operated by the US military and does not function as an active airfield.
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