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21/04/2015
Coventry Teenagers Arrested By Counter Terrorism Unit
West Midlands Police have reported that two Coventry teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism.
Officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit detained the two teens, both aged 17, at their homes at 6am on Tuesday morning.
Police said that the operations were pre-planned and that there is no immediate threat to the public.
The suspects are being held under PACE legislation, giving officers a maximum of 36 hours before charging, releasing, bailing or applying to a court for a warrant of further detention.
(MH/JP)
Officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit detained the two teens, both aged 17, at their homes at 6am on Tuesday morning.
Police said that the operations were pre-planned and that there is no immediate threat to the public.
The suspects are being held under PACE legislation, giving officers a maximum of 36 hours before charging, releasing, bailing or applying to a court for a warrant of further detention.
(MH/JP)
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