Police Scotland have revealed they have charged two people for trying get into a UK nuclear submarine base, including an Iranian man.
A 34-year-old Iranian man has been charged alongside a 31-year-old Romanian woman, after reports of two people trying to enter Faslane naval base where Britain’s nuclear submarines are based, the force said.
Police Scotland said it was told of their attempted entry at around 5pm on Thursday and were arrested the following day.
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The pair are due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Monday, the force said in a statement, adding that its enquiries are ongoing.
Faslane is home to the core of the UK’s submarine fleet and the Trident nuclear deterrent.
The Royal Navy has previously said that two people unsuccessfully tried to enter the site.
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Sky’s defence and security analyst Michael Clarke said Faslane is “the biggest military base in Scotland“, with around 6,000 to 7,000 people there, “both civilians and military”.
“Faslane is probably Britain’s most important single installation”, he added. “We have seven attack submarines. And if they’re all out of maintenance, then this is where they operate from.”
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