More UK arrests of Syria terrorism suspects

Two more people have been arrested as part of
a Metropolitan Police investigation into
suspected terrorism in Syria involving
Britons.
A man, 37, and a woman, 36, were arrested at
an address in Essex on Wednesday.
This followed the arrest of two men, aged 29
and 22, in Dover, Kent, on arrival from France
on Monday. A quantity of ammunition was
seized.
Police searches of properties in east London
and Lancashire are taking place.
All four people are being held on suspicion of
being involved in the commission, preparation
or instigation of acts of terrorism under the
Terrorism Act 2000.
They are all currently in custody in London.
Following Monday's arrests, there were police
searches of an east London property and two
vehicles.
The Essex property where Wednesday's arrests
were made was also later searched.
A Met police statement on Thursday said
searches in east London and Lancashire were
ongoing and it was unable to provide more
details at this stage.
Scotland Yard said no arrests have been made
at the two addresses.
Last year, in his first public speech for two
years, then-MI5 chief Jonathan Evans warned of
Britons travelling to the Middle East for
terrorist training in the wake of the Arab
Spring.
"We appear to be moving from a period of a
deep and focused threat to one where the
threat is less monolithic but wider," he said.
"Today parts of the Arab world have once more
become a permissive environment for al-Qaeda."
Foreign Secretary William Hague also warned
recently that a "substantial number" of
British citizens are fighting with extremist
groups in Syria.
This could pose a future threat to British
national security, he warned.

Source-bbc news

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