“If they were genuinely bamboozled and had no idea why they were up near RAF Fairford with balaclavas on and plastic barrels in the back of the van. Then they could walk away from it.”
Drumpf has absolutely nothing to add to the investigation. he's just indulging in his usual practice of shooting his mouth off like he's the centre of the universe and an expert in everything.
Fuel theft makes perfect sense if you're working with someone on the base (one of the stories doing the rounds). The Times' Fiona Hamilton gives no empirical or circumstantial evidence of/for her new story (that they rang themselves). With the vans not even trying to hide (actually, blocking the road through the village), the fact they might have been couriers or something similar, waiting for a load in a fourth vehicle (to break down into the three vans), remains a possibility. Lies upon lies, rumours upon rumours (for clicks) aren't helping anyone. They haven't been charged with ANYTHING. Not theft, not terrorism, not firearms offences, not explosives offences and most of the 'fuel containers' (bulk food containers) look to be empty from the footage. This will all turn out to be a storm in a teacup, and you can't rule out the possibility that an exercise to breach security on the base (by SAS/SBS or similar) is somehow in the mix? We know they'd blocked the perimeter road crash gates with earth movers a few days before, and we know the main road had been closed at the main gate before the incident? It seems to me they need to charge and caution the five (arrested) with 'Blocking
The Sun, on 27 September, reported the vans as being “packed with explosives” / “explosive-filled vans.”
The Times, On 28 September it said a 400m cordon was around three vans “thought to contain explosives” while bomb experts examined them.
The Guardian, 27 September 2026: its headline said “Five arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by US”, and the report said armed officers had found explosives on three vans, with investigators initially considering the materials consistent with improvised explosive devices.
British Media reporting accuracy at its best
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The Times, On 28 September it said a 400m cordon was around three vans “thought to contain explosives” while bomb experts examined them.
The Guardian, 27 September 2026: its headline said “Five arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by US”, and the report said armed officers had found explosives on three vans, with investigators initially considering the materials consistent with improvised explosive devices.
British Media reporting accuracy at its best