24/08/2016

Member Of Armed Forces Arrested Over NI Terrorism-Related Offences

A serving member of the British armed forces has been arrested in England on suspicion of terrorism-related offences in Northern Ireland.

The 30-year-old man was detained at an address in Somerset and has been taken to a West Country police station.

The man was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command supported by officers from Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act. 

Further searches are being carried out in South Devon.

(CD)

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