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Ex-Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg arrested by terror police | |
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Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg is among four people who have been arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, police have said. | |
Mr Begg, 45, who was held by the US authorities for almost three years, was arrested earlier with two other men and a woman in the West Midlands. | |
He was detained on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas. | |
Counter-terrorism police also said they were searching three homes. | |
The other people arrested - a 36-year-old man from Shirley, a 44-year-old woman and her son, 20, both from Sparkhill - are being held on suspicion of facilitating terrorism overseas. | |
The four are being held at a police station in the West Midlands, police say | |
Vehicles and electronic equipment were taken away for forensic analysis, West Midlands Police said. | |
A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that Moazzam Begg was arrested this morning. We are confirming this name as a result of the anticipated high public interest." | |
She said naming Mr Begg did "not imply any guilt". | |
Det Supt Shaun Edwards said the four arrests were connected. | |
He said: "They were pre-planned and intelligence-led. There was no immediate risk to public safety." | He said: "They were pre-planned and intelligence-led. There was no immediate risk to public safety." |