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| More UK arrests of Syria terrorism suspects | More UK arrests of Syria terrorism suspects |
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| Two more people have been arrested as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation into suspected terrorism in Syria involving Britons. | Two more people have been arrested as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation into suspected terrorism in Syria involving Britons. |
| A man, 37, and a woman, 36, were arrested at an address in Essex on Wednesday. | A man, 37, and a woman, 36, were arrested at an address in Essex on Wednesday. |
| This followed the arrest of two men, aged 29 and 22, in Dover, Kent, on arrival from France on Monday. A quantity of ammunition was seized. | This followed the arrest of two men, aged 29 and 22, in Dover, Kent, on arrival from France on Monday. A quantity of ammunition was seized. |
| Police searches of properties in east London and Lancashire are taking place. | Police searches of properties in east London and Lancashire are taking place. |
| All four people are being held on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000. | All four people are being held on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000. |
| They are all currently in custody in London. | They are all currently in custody in London. |
| Following Monday's arrests, there were police searches of an east London property and two vehicles. | Following Monday's arrests, there were police searches of an east London property and two vehicles. |
| The Essex property where Wednesday's arrests were made was also later searched. | The Essex property where Wednesday's arrests were made was also later searched. |
| A Met police statement on Thursday said searches in east London and Lancashire were ongoing and it was unable to provide more details at this stage. | A Met police statement on Thursday said searches in east London and Lancashire were ongoing and it was unable to provide more details at this stage. |
| Scotland Yard said no arrests have been made at the two addresses. | |
| Last year, in his first public speech for two years, then-MI5 chief Jonathan Evans warned of Britons travelling to the Middle East for terrorist training in the wake of the Arab Spring. | |
| "We appear to be moving from a period of a deep and focused threat to one where the threat is less monolithic but wider," he said. | |
| "Today parts of the Arab world have once more become a permissive environment for al-Qaeda." | |
| Foreign Secretary William Hague also warned recently that a "substantial number" of British citizens are fighting with extremist groups in Syria. | |
| This could pose a future threat to British national security, he warned. |