They Tried to Bomb an American Airbase. Britain Released Them.

So at around 12.45 a.m. today, Sunday, the 27th of September, police received a call relating to three suspicious vehicles traveling towards RAF Fairford.

Armed officers responded and subsequently arrested five men in the Welford area on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act.

The men were taken into custody where they remain.

A 400 metre cordon has been put in place around the vehicles while the Army's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit examined them.

As a precaution, around 85 households have been advised to evacuate while these examinations take place.

A nearby leisure centre has been opened for those who are unable to stay with family or friends.

The emergency services have well rehearsed plans for dealing with major incidents such as this.

Work to establish the full nature of this incident is ongoing and we are in constant communication with our partners both locally and nationally.

In particular, we are working closely with our partners in counter-terrorism policing.

Gloucester Police's focus at this time is on the local community and I'd like to thank the residents who have left their homes this morning for their understanding and support.

We appreciate the disruption that this will have caused to both them and other local residents in the area and would like to reassure them that we are working as quickly as we can to get them back into their properties.

We would also please ask the public not to speculate but to follow official channels for all updates.

Thank you.

Yeah, I mean, it's hard not to speculate.

We do, I believe, know a little more than we did when that was recorded.

The five suspects are British nationals.

They are not Iranian.

And they have been let out on bail, which shocked me.

It is apparently like restrictive bail or something, which I don't even know what that means exactly.

But But they have been allowed out on bail, which, yeah, so it's not clear to me what kind of evidence there might be.

Daniel, yeah, you had a thought or question?

Yeah, just to put some more information.

So they are released on restrictive bail, just means they still have things like they shouldn't travel, they need to stay where they can be contacted.

They are still being investigated, but I believe they officially haven't been charged with anything because the investigation is still going on.

Right, right.

So at around 12.45 a.m. today, Sunday, the 27th of September, police received a call relating to three suspicious vehicles traveling towards RAF Fairford.

Armed officers responded and subsequently arrested five men in the Welford area on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act.

The men were taken into custody where they remain.

A 400 metre cordon has been put in place around the vehicles while the Army's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit examined them.

As a precaution, around 85 households have been advised to evacuate while these examinations take place.

A nearby leisure centre has been opened for those who are unable to stay with family or friends.

The emergency services have well rehearsed plans for dealing with major incidents such as this.

Work to establish the full nature of this incident is ongoing and we are in constant communication with our partners both locally and nationally.

In particular, we are working closely with our partners in counter-terrorism policing.

Gloucester Police's focus at this time is on the local community and I'd like to thank the residents who have left their homes this morning for their understanding and support.

We appreciate the disruption that this will have caused to both them and other local residents in the area and would like to reassure them that we are working as quickly as we can to get them back into their properties.

We would also please ask the public not to speculate but to follow official channels for all updates.

Thank you.

Yeah, I mean, it's hard not to speculate.

We do, I believe, know a little more than we did when that was recorded.

The five suspects are British nationals.

They are not Iranian.

And they have been let out on bail, which shocked me.

It is apparently like restrictive bail or something, which I don't even know what that means exactly.

But But they have been allowed out on bail, which, yeah, so it's not clear to me what kind of evidence there might be.

Daniel, yeah, you had a thought or question?

Yeah, just to put some more information.

So they are released on restrictive bail, just means they still have things like they shouldn't travel, they need to stay where they can be contacted.

They are still being investigated, but I believe they officially haven't been charged with anything because the investigation is still going on.

Right, right.