BREAKING: Anti-terror police arrest man at Gatwick airport after returning from Iraq
ANTI-TERROR police have arrested a man at Gatwick Airport after he returned from war-torn Iraq.
The arrest was made at Gatwick Airport
The 44-year-old was stopped under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act as he got off a flight from Iraq.
After further enquries, the man from Hertfordshire was arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
The suspect remains in custody at a central London station.
The man was arrested under PACE and taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody
A police spokesman said: "Officers from the MPS Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) yesterday, Thursday 9 February, attended Gatwick Airport and stopped a 44-year-old man from Hertfordshire under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act after he disembarked from a flight from Iraq.
"As a result of enquiries during the stop a decision was made to arrest the man under section 5 of the Terrorism Act - suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.
"The man was arrested under PACE and taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody."