Admin l Monday, February 20, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom – Officers from the MPS Counter Terrorism Command today arrested five males under 20-years-old on suspicion of Preparation of Terrorist Acts, Contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
They were arrested on plans to travel to join a proscribed organisation. The arrests follow searches at four residential addresses in London on Tuesday, 14 January.
“This morning a 17-year-old male and a 16-year-old male were arrested at separate residential addresses in south London; two other teenagers – 17-year-old male and a 19-year-old male – were arrested at a residential address in west London”, London Metropolitan police has said.
A further residential address was searched in Lambeth earlier today in connection with the investigation.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested this evening in east London and officers are presently searching the residential address where he was arrested.
All five have been detained under TACT and are at present in a central London police station pending further enquiries.
