Police arrest man at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of planning terror acts
36-year-old in custody at west London police station after being detained upon arrival
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Your support makes all the difference.A man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of planning acts of terror.
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command say they arrested the 36-year-old this afternoon, in line with Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006, after he arrived into the airport.
He is in custody at a west London police station.
A Met Police spokesman said they could not speculate as to whether he will be charged with an offence overnight.
It follows a 50-year-old man being arrested on suspicion of committing a terrorist act, after arriving from Cairo, at the busy airport hub last month.
A 29-year-old man was also arrested under the Terrorism Act last year before he was due to fly to Saudi Arabia.
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