{"id":786884,"date":"2026-09-30T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786884\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:10:10","slug":"british-police-find-no-explosives-in-vehicles-of-men-detained-near-base-used-by-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786884\/","title":{"rendered":"British police find no explosives in vehicles of men detained near base used by U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump also indicated U.S. officials were cooperating with their British counterparts on the case. <\/p>\n

\u201cLook, they\u2019ve been very good. They are working with us very closely,\u201d he said, adding that the U.S. knew \u201ceverything\u201d about the suspects. <\/p>\n

Separately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the incident \u201cclearly involves the hands of a foreign actor\u201d \u2014 an allegation British officials haven\u2019t confirmed. <\/p>\n

The five men, all British nationals in their 20s from London, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses after three vehicles were seen moving toward RAF Fairford, a British air force station about 90 minutes west of London. <\/p>\n

Counterterrorism police took over the case after a major incident was declared, disrupting life in the normally quiet, rural community of the Cotswolds. <\/p>\n

Counterterrorism police said Sunday that the men had been arrested on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act, British legislation dating to 1875 that regulates manufacturing, keeping, selling, carrying and importing gunpowder and explosive substances. The men were further suspected of preparation of a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat seems to be happening is that you\u2019ve got a developing investigation where the custody clock for the terrorism arrest, which is a very long custody clock, has stopped,\u201d said Max Hill, a former director of public prosecutions of England and Wales. <\/p>\n

In the U.K., police can usually hold people for up to 24 hours before they have to charge or release them, although officers can apply to extend that time if they suspect a serious crime has been committed. Suspects arrested under the Terrorism Act can be held without charge for up to 14 days. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo there must be an element of uncertainty about whether ultimately any terrorism-related charges are going to emerge,\u201d Hill said in a telephone interview Tuesday. Releasing the suspects on bail also doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t be taken back into custody, he added. \u201cBut it does indicate that there\u2019s just not enough for a formal remand application.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident prompted questions about whether a foreign actor could be involved \u2014 in particular, Iran. Its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Britain this summer that RAF Fairford could be a \u201clegitimate target\u201d months after then-Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/a> gave permission for the U.S. to use its bases for \u201cspecific and limited defensive\u201d operations against Iran. <\/p>\n

The Iranian Embassy in Britain denied any involvement Monday. <\/p>\n

\"U.S.Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York City on Sept. 22.Dominik Bindl \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

In an appearance on Fox News later Monday, Rubio said, \u201cWhat happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the U.K. over the weekend is a very serious situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more news that\u2019ll come out on this in the days to come,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Taylor said that \u201cit was simply not possible for me to go into detail about every strand that we are looking at and all of the intelligence we have got,\u201d which he said wasn\u2019t unusual for such an investigation. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unusual for it to be as visible as it is in this incident,\u201d he said, adding that his team was working with international partners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump also indicated U.S. officials were cooperating with their British counterparts on the case. \u201cLook, they\u2019ve been very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}