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A person from Bedfordshire who was arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence as segment of an investigation being led by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Repeat stays in police custody.
The 31-365 days-outmoded man was arrested on Tuesday, 14 Might per chance fair on suspicion of possession of articles for terrorist applications, contrary to section 57 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2000. He was then detained under TACT powers and a Warrant of Extra Detention was bought on Thursday, 16 Might per chance fair at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, that intention that he’ll be detained in police custody up till Tuesday, 21 Might per chance fair.
The arrest comes after an investigation was on the originate launched by Bedfordshire Police on Monday, 6 Might per chance fair when items, alongside with a series of suspicious substances, were stumbled on at a residential address in Caddington.
A 31-365 days-outmoded man was arrested on suspicion of causing explosions seemingly to hazard life and possession of Class A capsules. He was bailed whereas additional enquiries were undertaken.
Due to the nature of things stumbled on, the Met’s Counter Terrorism Repeat was urged in the meanwhile, even supposing the preliminary investigation remained with Bedfordshire Police.
On Monday, 13 Might per chance fair, and following continued searches on the address, the investigation was therefore passed to the Met’s Counter Terrorism Repeat to manual.
Specialist officers proceed to acquire searches on the address in Caddington. A sequence of things and substances like been recovered from the address. These are being handled and removed in a stable intention by specialist officers, and there would possibly per chance be in the meanwhile now not believed to be any likelihood to other native residents or the broader public.
Commander Dominic Murphy, Head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Repeat talked about: “We’re responsive to some media reports and hypothesis which has advised that a ‘dirty bomb’-kind tool or materials also can like been identified.
“Alternatively, I like to reassure the native folks and the broader public that, as we boom, we like stumbled on no proof that any destroy of ‘dirty bomb’ has been or was being constructed, nor any proof that one was being planned.
“As we like talked about beforehand, we like stumbled on a series of suspicious substances on the address in Caddington. Our precedence at all occasions has been public safety – particularly relating to other residents living internal attain.
“Now we like got had enhance from extremely educated, specialist officers who like been helping us to name and acquire better items and substances in the most accumulate imaginable intention, in listing now not to position these which would possibly per chance per chance be shopping the property, nor these living in the residence, at any likelihood.
“Throughout the searches all the intention in which throughout the last few days, some very small traces of radiological topic matter like been detected. I like to stress that at no stage was it identified as being at a diploma that will per chance well presumably pose any roughly likelihood or wound to the overall public.
“I will additionally reassure the community that additional enquiries and diagnosis has confirmed that the substances containing these traces are stumbled on in day to day exhaust – equivalent to topic matter stumbled on in smoke alarms, or these historically susceptible in paints for luminescent see dials.
“Specialist officers proceed to search the property, and we proceed to video display this extraordinarily closely to be decided that there remains to be no likelihood to public.
“In the slay, I’d prefer to thank the native folks for their continued enhance and dealing out whereas this investigation stays ongoing.”
Officers proceed to work closely with colleagues from Bedfordshire Police and the Jap Teach Particular Operations Unit (ERSOU) as the investigation continues.
