03/03/2005

Three people arrested in terrorist investigation

Scotland Yard have confirmed that three people have been arrested in connection with an international terrorism investigation.

Two men, aged 30 and 29, and a woman, aged 4, were arrested in Coventry under the 2000 Terrorism Act on Tuesday. The arrests were reported to have taken place in the Great Heath and Holbrook areas.

The suspects are being questioned at a police station in central London, police confirmed.

Police also revealed that five premises in Coventry had been searched as part of the investigation and they also confirmed that a search was still continuing at one location today.

(KMcA/SP)

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