The suspects, detained under the Terrorism Act, can be held until 17 May after the force obtained warrants to further extend their detention.
When Lt Cdr Lustig-Prean confided that he was being blackmailed, the SIB head was outraged on his behalf: "Give me the so-and-so's name and I'll sort it out for you. Why is he trying to blackmail you?"Lt Cdr Lustig-Prean told him the truth - that it was because he was gay.
"At this point, you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife," he says.The SIB head moved the coffee and biscuits to one side, and told him matter-of-factly that he was not obliged to say anything, but anything he did say could be taken down and given in evidence."He pushed me towards a police interview room, with somebody else in the room as well, to interrogate me about my private and sexual life," Lt Cdr Lustig-Prean says.
"It was the sort of interrogation I would expect if I were accused of rape. They were asking probing questions about my private and sexual life in the most gross detail you can imagine."He was suspended, and later discharged.
In January 2000, Lt Cdr Jones was his ship's signal communications officer. This meant that when a signal came in announcing that the ban on LGBT personnel had been lifted, it was his job to tell his commanding officer.
"He said to me that, having read the signal, he was disappointed that he and others would have to serve with people who were, effectively, people like me," he says.However, while many will be sending "love from lover", they might find they pronounce it wrong - it is actually "lover" like "Dover".
Before the Lover Community Trust was established in 2016, the Lover Post was in operation for four decades until the village post office closed in 2008.Across Wiltshire this week there has been animal news, a search for information about photographs from a 100-year-old camera and the 'world's most romantic village' welcoming visitors for Valentine's Day.
Lover may be a small place but it has worldwide recognition for its temporary postal service set up ahead of 14 February.: continuing the postal theme, a funeral directors in Wilton has set up a post box to allow people to write to loved ones who have passed on to help with the grieving process.