RAF Fairford: police given more time to question two men re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran

Summary

Two men have been re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran over the RAF Fairford incident, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Tuesday 20 October, Counter Terrorism Policing saying it was 'highly likely that there is Iranian state involvement' in the activity that took place close to RAF Fairford, an incident of 27 September according to The Independent. A 24-year-old UK national and a 25-year-old UK/Iranian national, both from Westminster, were detained on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service in breach of the 2023 National Security Act, police said, according to The Guardian, and the Birmingham Mail reported that the two men had been arrested during a counter-terrorism investigation into a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford. On Wednesday 21 October police were given more time to question the two men, who can be held for up to seven days, Sky News reported, The Independent saying the men were re-arrested on Tuesday.

Latest: Police were given more time to question the two men re-arrested in the RAF Fairford investigation, who can be held for up to seven days, Sky News reported, The Independent saying the men were re-arrested on Tuesday.

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