{"id":83634,"date":"2026-04-25T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/83634\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:18:10","slug":"six-charged-in-uk-after-van-targets-israel-linked-drone-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/83634\/","title":{"rendered":"Six charged in UK after van targets Israel-linked drone factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Pro-Palestine protesters have rallied outside the Elbit-owned drone-maker’s Leicester factory. [Google]<\/p>\n

Six people are due to appear in a UK<\/a> court Monday to face burglary and criminal damage charges after a van allegedly drove into a military drone maker’s entrance gate, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n

The investigation into the incident in the early hours of Friday at the premises in central England has been led by counter-terrorism officers, Leicestershire Police said.<\/p>\n

The business allegedly targeted is understood to be specialised military drone maker UAV Tactical Systems, according to Britain’s domestic Press Association (PA) news agency.<\/p>\n

Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems<\/a>‘ UK arm announced in January that it had fully acquired the British company, which supplies tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), more commonly known as drones, to military and other customers.<\/p>\n

Leicestershire Police said the six suspects – men and women from across southern England, aged between 25 and 41 years-old – have each been charged with one count of burglary and one count of causing criminal damage.<\/p>\n

“The charges relate to a report that a van had driven into a gate at business premises just after 3 am yesterday,” the force added in a brief statement.<\/p>\n

“The investigation is led by Counter Terrorism Policing East Midlands with the support of Leicestershire Police.”<\/p>\n

The six people charged were set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday.<\/p>\n

UAV Tactical Systems has over the last two decades “supplied dozens of advanced tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to the British Army, according to Elbit Systems’ website.<\/p>\n

It has also provided them “to international customers, including the United Nations and Nato member countries,” it noted.<\/p>\n

UAV Tactical Systems and Elbit Systems’ UK arm did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment Saturday.<\/p>\n

(AFP)<\/p>\n

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