Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Heathrow terror arrest: Man, 50, held from Cairo flight

                                      
A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offence as he got off a plane at Heathrow Airport having flown in from Cairo.
The Met said it was a planned arrest and not in response to any immediate danger but was part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of terrorist activities overseas.
The force added that the arrest was not related to Isis or Syria.
A residential address in north London is being searched by officers.
The arrested man is in police custody.
“He was been arrested under s58 TACT [Terrorism Act 2000] (possession of articles containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
“The arrest was pre-planned and not in response to any immediate danger but as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of terrorist activities overseas.”
Officers are also searching a residential property in north London as part of the operation.

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