BREAKING: 5 men ARRESTED near military base in UK for allegedly preparing terror attack

. GRIFF: NOW TO A FOX NEWS ALERT. DEVELOPING ACROSS THE POND, U.K. POLICE SAY FIVE MEN HAVE BEEN. ARRESTED NEAR AN AIR BASE USED. BY U.S. FORCES AND ARE HELD ON. SUSPICION OF PREPARING A. TERRORIST ATTACK. JEFF PAUL JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT. WE KNOW SO FAR, GOOD MORNING, JEFF. >> REPORTER: GRIFF, WE JUST GOT. AN UPDATE SOUNDING THIS MAJOR. INCIDENT IN THE U.K. POLICE SAY THAT FIVE MEN HAVE. BEEN ARRESTED, SUSPECTED OF. COMMITTING OFFENSES RELATED TO. THE COUNTRY'S EXPLOSIVES ACT.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT COUNTER. TERRORISM POLICE HAVE NOW TAKEN. OVER THIS INVESTIGATION. NOW, ALL OF THIS HAPPENING NEAR. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE'S FAIR FORD. BASE, 100 MILES WEST OF LONDON, THE BASE HOSTS A U.S. AIR FORCE. SQUADRON AND HAS BEEN USED FOR. LIMITED STRIKES IN THE IRAN WAR. THE ARMY BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED. IN TO EXAMINE THREE VANS. SOME IMAGES SHOWED BOMB SQUAD. ROBOTS BEING USED NEAR THE.

VEHICLES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SITUATION. AT THE MOMENT APPEARS TO BE. CONTAINED BUT AT ONE POINT. AROUND 85 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS NEAR. THE AIR BASE WERE EVACUATED AND. TAKEN TO A NEARBY REC CENTER AS. POLICE WORKED ON THE SCENE. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID. SOMEONE IN THE AREA REPORTED. SEEING SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS VANS. EARLY THIS MORNING. A U.K. GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON. SAYS THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR. EMERGENCY SERVICES WHO ACTED. QUICKLY TO DETAIN SEVERAL. SUSPECTS BUT THEY ADDED IT WOULD. BE INAPPROPRIATE TO COMMENT. FURTHER WHILE THE INVESTIGATION.

IS ONGOING. NOW, SECURITY MEASURES NEAR THAT. AIR BASE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN. STEPPED UP AND THE U.K. PRIME. MINISTER ANDY BURNAM IS BEING. UPDATED ON ANY SORT OF NEW. DEVELOPMENTS. BACK.