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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Two people arrested after trying to enter UK nuclear submarine base

View of a naval base with hills on the other side of the water
Two people tried to enter HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, north-west of Glasgow. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Two people have been arrested, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, after they tried to enter the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland in what may have been an attempt at espionage.

A man, 34, and a woman, 31, were detained by Police Scotland after they had asked to enter one of Britain’s most sensitive military sites late on Thursday afternoon. The base is home to the UK’s Trident submarines and not open to the public.

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