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UK-Iranian dual national bailed after RAF Fairford incident arrest

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A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail.

The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. Searches of two properties in the same area have now finished.

A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire last weekend.

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