British police arrest man trying to force entry into US military base

US Air Forces British base in Mildenhall, ‘in lock down’ over security incident

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LONDON:  British police arrested a man who tried to force his way into a U.S. air force base in central England.

"They just released us from lockdown," a spokesman for the Mildenhall base, in Suffolk, said.

Britain's Ministry of Defence said it was aware of an incident at the base and that police were taking a lead in the case. The U.S. embassy declined immediate comment.

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