Two "heavily armed" individuals were detained, ON Monday 06/14/2010 eveningt, after they reportedly tried to enter MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida early Monday evening without authorization.
The man and woman were unable to provide identification, and security found "military-style gear and weapons" in their SUV.
The two were taken into custody at the base, where the headquarters of the USA Central Command, headed by General David Petraeus, which command USA troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is housed, and the incident remains under investigation.
The pair tried to enter the base around 5 p.m. through the base's Bayshore Boulevard gate, said Senior Airman Katherine B. Holt, a spokeswoman for the base. When they were unable to show proper identification, their vehicle was inspected and security personnel found military-style weapons and gear inside, officials said.
Members of the MacDill base's fire department and an explosives unit were summoned, but no explosives were found, the base said in a statement. Later, officials said the Bayshore gate was closed, as it normally is at night, and the rest of the base was operating normally.
Officials did not identify the suspects or describe the weapons and gear in detail, and they did not say why the pair might have wanted to access the base. The base was investigating the incident and officials did not plan to release additional details overnight, Airman Holt said.
* There is a sharp increase in the last year in Islamic home-grown terror in USA (see - 2009-Record).
* Related topics - Times Square Plot ; Hanafi and Hasnoff ; Raja L. Khan
