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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Morgan Ofori

Iranian among two charged over alleged attempt to enter UK nuclear submarine base

View from above of the HM Naval Base Clyde.
Two people tried to enter HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, north-west of Glasgow, said police. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Two people have been charged, one of them Iranian, after they allegedly tried to enter HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, which houses the UK’s nuclear Trident submarines.

A 34-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were charged after the incident at the base, which is known as Faslane. Police Scotland said inquiries were continuing and that the pair were due to appear at Dumbarton sheriff court on Monday.

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