Nuclear security

Police search Turkish air base used by US military that houses NATO's largest nuclear weapons storage facility after commander was arrested by Erdogan over coup

Turkish prosecutors accompanied by police have started a search of an air base used by US troops, which contains nuclear weapons.

The Incirlik base in the Adana province close to Syria is used by the US-led coalition forces as a launch pad for raids on ISIS and is NATO's largest nuclear weapons storage facility.

Now in the wake of Fridays failed military coup, authorities have begun a search of the base, according to state-run media.

The authorities have already arrested a Turkish air force general from the base who was suspected of plotting the coup.

General Bekir Ercan Van, ten other soldiers and one police officer from the Incirlik base were detained for their role in the botched Friday coup attempt.

The Turkish private DHA news agency showed footage of Van handcuffed and pushed into a van outside a courthouse.