Two men charged under National Security Act after RAF Fairford incident

A 24-year-old man has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service over last month’s incident near RAF Fairford.

Mohmed Abdulkarim and another man, Nouman Essghir, 24, who has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later.

Another man, a 25-year-old UK-Iranian national, has been released without charge, counter-terror police have said.

Three suspicious vehicles were seen near the US-operated airbase in Gloucestershire on 27 September, leading to a major incident being declared.

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