Five arrested near UK nuclear site under anti-terrorism laws May 4, 2011 - 7:54AM
Sydney Morning Herald clip_image001 Arrests ... five men have been taken into custody after a vehicle check near the Sellafield nuclear facility. Photo: Reuters Five men have been arrested close to a British nuclear plant under anti-terrorism legislation, police said. The men were detained after a stop check on a vehicle at the Sellafield nuclear facility in West Cumbria on Monday. The five, all aged in their 20s and from London, were arrested under the Terrorism Act, a police spokesman said. Advertisement: Story continues below They were held in police custody overnight before being taken to Manchester on Tuesday. An investigation is now under way by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit. Both the location and timing of the incident will cause concern. The arrests came outside Sellafield, which handles highly dangerous nuclear material, and were made within hours of the news breaking that Osama bin Laden had been killed. AFP/PA Read more: <http://www.smh.com.au/world/five-arrested-near-uk-nuclear-site-under-antite rrorism-laws-20110504-1e76r.html#ixzz1LPpcIQSQ> http://www.smh.com.au/world/five-arrested-near-uk-nuclear-site-under-antiter rorism-laws-20110504-1e76r.html#ixzz1LPpcIQSQ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
