Two Latvian men were arrested under the National Security Act after a security patrol at RAF Molesworth found an abandoned vehicle and a fence breach in Cambridgeshire. The men, aged 36 and 32, were taken inside the base perimeter after searches by the Ministry of Defence Police.
RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire
The alert began at about 22:00 BST on Wednesday, when a Ministry of Defence Police security patrol at RAF Molesworth identified the abandoned vehicle. A small breach of a perimeter fence was found a few hours later, turning a routine patrol into a security incident at the base.
The arrests were made inside the base perimeter, which ties the case to the military site itself rather than an area outside it. That sequence places the vehicle, the fence breach and the arrests on the same timeline, with the patrol’s first discovery leading to searches and then detention.
National Security Act arrests
The two men were identified as Latvian nationals. The facts provided do not explain why they were inside the base perimeter or how the abandoned vehicle and the fence breach were connected to their presence there.
The story was still being updated and more details were expected shortly, leaving the immediate next step with the Ministry of Defence Police and any later reporting on the circumstances of the breach. For now, the key change is that RAF Molesworth has moved from a patrol check to an arrest inquiry under the National Security Act.
