BREAKING: Man held at Gatwick on suspicion of terror offences
A 44-year-old man from Hertfordshire has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command stopped the man after he disembarked from a flight from Iraq on Thursday.
A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: “As a result of enquiries during the stop a decision was made to arrest the man under section five of the Terrorism Act – suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.”
The man was arrested under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and remains in custody in Central London.
