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But choosing an out of the way lane to exchange stolen fuel is less so. The fact that it's isolated because it's next to a military base possible shows a lack of forethought...
Cameras and boots on the ground around the perimeter of a military base make it a very poor place for an exchange, my guess would be you can't be a free criminal and that unaware of your environment.
Criminals are not known for their intelligence. I suspect there was a bit of an "oh shit" moment when the armed police showed up.
I think they may have had a lot in common with the Chuckle Brothers. I think they were duped by a power representing Iran and while they were busy to-me to-youing at the base one of them panicked and dialed 999 because they wanted to be caught by the British police rather than American forces who might bundle them in a plane to the land of the free, no questions asked.
Bases don't usually have fence patrols or cameras unless it's very high security. Usually it's just at the gates.
Locations like Area 51, though, they've got thermal motion sensors that'll pick you up and have people watching you long before you know.
That base was on foreign, but I think still mostly allied, territory and planes were leaving from it to bomb Iran, likely it cast its eyes around its borders once in a while.