RAF Fairford suspect called police an hour before farmer raised alarm: Report
Police said one suspect called 999 before the arrests, and investigators later found petrol but no viable explosives in the vans.
- On Sunday, counter-terrorism police arrested five British nationals near RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences, launching a major security operation at the Gloucestershire airbase.
- One suspect called 999 emergency services an hour before a local farmer alerted authorities on Sunday morning, prompting detectives to examine whether the call was a warning or part of the group's operation.
- Searches of the three vans yielded no improvised explosive devices, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor confirmed Tuesday, though investigators recovered a quantity of petrol and released the men on strict bail conditions.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the plot "clearly involves the hand of a foreign actor," while President Donald Trump suggested it "might be" linked to Iran; Iran's embassy denied involvement.
- Detectives are examining whether the suspects' actions meet the threshold of the National Security Act, which carries penalties of up to 14 years in prison for hostile state activities.
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Before being arrested, one of the five young people stopped near the Raf base in Fairford, in the southwest of England, would have called the police. The five, originally from London and aged between 23 and 25 years, were arrested on Sunday morning on charges of explosive offences and suspected of having [...] The article Arrests near the Raf base, Prime Minister Burnham: "Strong indications on a role of Iran." The Times: "Before the arrest one …
New evidence has emerged to change the picture surrounding the serious security incident that occurred on Sunday near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Britain. According to the BBC, one of the five men arrested in the early hours of Sunday had himself called the police on the emergency number 999, at 00:45 local time, almost an hour before a female farmer also called the police, having spotted hooded and masked men in the area. The five men, all…
Now it turns out that he would be one of the five arrested - and then released - to warn the police first. But it is only the last bizarre element of a still dark story
More false flag farce: Fairford arrestee called 999 before anyone else
The apparent false flag incident at Fairford air base has taken a new twist after police revealed one of the five men arrested had called the police himself — an hour before the ‘local farmer’ who called emergency services later. The attempts by media and politicians to turn the arrests — involving three vans carrying […] By Skwawkbox
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AlKhaleej TodayOne of the suspects in alleged plot against British base called police before arrest
One of the five suspects in the alleged plot targeting a British airbase used by the US military in the early hours of Sunday called the police shortly before they were arrested, multiple British media outlets have reported.
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