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Man arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terror offence | Man arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terror offence |
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A 50-year-old man is being held at Heathrow Airport in London on suspicion of a terror offence, police have said. | A 50-year-old man is being held at Heathrow Airport in London on suspicion of a terror offence, police have said. |
The man was apprehended by counter-terrorism police as he got off a plane from Cairo, said the Metropolitan Police in a statement. | The man was apprehended by counter-terrorism police as he got off a plane from Cairo, said the Metropolitan Police in a statement. |
He was arrested on suspicion of "possession of articles containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism". | He was arrested on suspicion of "possession of articles containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism". |
Police are also searching a home in north London in connection to the arrest, which they said was not related to Isis or Syria. | Police are also searching a home in north London in connection to the arrest, which they said was not related to Isis or Syria. |
"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," said the statement. | "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," said the statement. |
The man is being held under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act. |
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