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Five men have been arrested by West Midlands anti-terror police, with an army bomb disposal team sent to the Lee Bank area of Birmingham as "precaution". Five men have been arrested by West Midlands anti-terrorism police.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Police said an army bomb disposal team had been sent to Birmingham's Lee Bank area as a "precautionary measure" as a result of one of the arrests.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Two men, aged 32 and 37, were arrested in the Stoke area of Staffordshire. The other three men, aged 18, 24 and 28, were arrested in Birmingham.
Police said they were all held on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism.
All five men are being held in the West Midlands.
A number of properties in the Stoke and Birmingham areas are being searched as part of the investigation.
The arrests are "intelligence-led and part of an on-going investigation", police said.