LONDON (AP) — Police conducted anti-terrorism raids in London and several towns Tuesday, arresting 13 people believed involved in preparing terrorist acts.
London’s Metropolitan Police said the afternoon and evening arrests were “part of a pre-planned, on-going intelligence-led operation.”
They said men were detained “on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” but did not elaborate.
The police said the arrests were in northwest London, suburban Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and in Lancashire, northwestern England. Detectives were searching homes in all those locations, police said.
The suspects, who are all in their 20s and 30s, will be brought to a central London police station for questioning by anti-terrorism officers, police said.
“Today’s operation is part of continuing and extensive inquiries by police and the Security Service into alleged international terrorism,” the police statement said.
She said the men had been dressed by police in white paper suits and their hands and feet covered with plastic bags before they were driven away.
Makes you think bio or chem . . .
Southern communities, including Bedouin villages, will get Logol tablets starting next week. Residents near Soreq facility to receive them in several weeks. Amir Buhbut
Logol anti-radiation pills are to be distributed as of Sunday to residents of Dimona and Yeroham. In addition, residents of Aruar, Kseife, Naot Hakikar, Ein Tamar, Hazeva and the Bedouin villages in the Negev will get the tablets.
During the first stage, Home Front Command soldiers are to pass from door to door and hand out kits that include the pills and an information brochure about the use of the pills and possible hazards.
In the second stage, which is slated to begin in several weeks, kits will be distributed in Yavne and communities in the area of the Soreq Nuclear Research Facility.
She said the men had been dressed by police in white paper suits and their hands and feet covered with plastic bags before they were driven away.
Ahem. For those that didn't catch it,
this means bio or chem-related.