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Two Latvian men were arrested inside RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire after breaching the base’s perimeter fence. The site hosts US and NATO intelligence hubs. Police are investigating the incident under counter-terrorism protocols but have not linked it to the recent security breach at RAF Fairford.
Two Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after breaching the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a non-flying base in Cambridgeshire that hosts US and NATO intelligence operations. Counter-terrorism police initially detained them for trespass and criminal damage but later charged them under the National Security Act 2023 for entering a prohibited place with prejudicial intent. The incident has triggered a security review at US military sites in the UK, though officials state there is no current link to the recent terror probe at RAF Fairford.
Two Latvian men, aged 36 and 32, were arrested after breaching the perimeter fence of RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire. The base hosts US and NATO intelligence operations. Police initially charged them with trespass and criminal damage but later added charges under the National Security Act 2023 for entering a prohibited place with prejudicial intent. Investigators are not currently linking this incident to the recent terror plot at RAF Fairford.
A 31-year-old Swindon man, Joshua Cammidge, has been charged under the National Security Act with assisting a foreign intelligence service—allegedly taking instructions from a person linked to Russia's GRU Volunteer Corps. He was arrested by Counter Terrorism Policing and Wiltshire Police, detained under the NSA, and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court as prosecutors say there is enough evidence to proceed and authorities caution against reporting that could prejudice proceedings.
Three men were arrested in London and Wales on suspicion of spying for China under the National Security Act; one arrestee is the partner of Labour MP Joani Reid. Reid says she and her family are not involved and should not be subjected to media intrusion, stressing she has never engaged with China-related matters in Parliament. The Met says there is no imminent threat and all suspects remain in custody as searches are conducted; the case highlights concerns about foreign interference and UK-China relations as authorities continue investigations.
Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, who had been on the run since mid-March, for attempted murder, obstruction of law enforcement, and creating disharmony. Singh and his supporters had raided a police station in February after one of his aides was arrested. His arrest has revived talk of an independent Sikh homeland and stoked fears of a return to violence in Punjab. Singh was arrested under the National Security Act, which allows for detention without charge for up to a year.
Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, who leads a group called Waris Punjab De, after a month-long search. Singh's rise has revived talk of an independent Sikh homeland and stoked fears of a return to violence that killed tens of thousands of people in the 1980s and early 1990s during a Sikh insurgency. He was arrested in a Sikh temple under the National Security Act, which allows for those deemed a threat to national security to be detained without charge for up to a year.
Fugitive radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh's close aide Pappalpreet Singh was arrested by the counter-intelligence unit of Punjab police from Punjab's Hoshiarpur. He has been detained under the National Security Act. The arrest was part of a joint operation of the Punjab Police and the special cell of the Delhi police. Amritpal Singh, who has evaded arrest so far, sought a meeting of the Sikhs later this month, after which the Punjab police cancelled the leaves of all cops in the state till Baisakhi celebrations on April 14.