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Two people arrested at Heathrow Airport

Published: 10 Oct 2012 - 10:40 am | Last Updated: 07 Feb 2022 - 01:11 am

LONDON: Two people have been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of committing terrorism offences, the Metropolitan Police have said.
 
A man and a woman, both aged 26, were arrested late on Tuesday after their flight landed at the airport, according to the (BBC).
 
The pair were held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
 
The arrests are part of an investigation into travel to Syria in support of alleged terrorist activity.
 
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Command took the pair to a central London police station where they remain in custody.
 
Two addresses in east London are being searched under the Terrorism Act in connection with police inquiries, the Met said. (QNA)