Police search houses in terror hunt

POLICE were last night searching two properties close to where a suspected al-Qaida operative was arrested in Gloucester.

Anti-terrorist branch officers moved in to examine one home in Derby Road and another in All Saints Road, close to the terrace house where Sajid Badat was arrested on Thursday.

Devout Muslim Badat, 24, last night remained in custody in London where he is being detained under the Terrorism Act.

Nothing has yet been recovered from either address, but searches were still being carried out.