Three more arrested in anti-terror raids

Three more men have been arrested in Britain for alleged terrorist fund raising in a series of dawn raids, police said.

Anti-terrorism officers swooped on separate addresses in Slough, Berks, yesterday – just days after a British Airways worker was arrested over the same offence.

The latest suspects – aged 31, 32 and 43 – were being questioned at a central London police station last night.

Searches are also being carried out in connection with the operation.

Last Thursday a 30-year-old British Airways worker was held at one of the air company’s offices in Newcastle over suspected terrorist fund raising.

He is also being kept at a central London police station.

Police said his arrest also prompted searches of the British Airways office and a residential address in the Newcastle area.

A spokesman for British Airways said: “An employee was arrested at our Newcastle office last week.

“We take matters relating to security extremely seriously and as a responsible company always co-operate fully with the police.

“As with any issue relating to a police investigation it would be inappropriate to comment further.”

The suspect was arrested by officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit as part of a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command.

Detectives were granted more time to question the man during a court hearing on Saturday.

Members of the security services have been on increased alert after the failed Christmas Day bomb plot to blow up a jet over Detroit in the United States.

Former University of London student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is being held in the US over the attempt.