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| London terror arrests: Met Police detain two men on suspicion of money laundering linked to extremists in Syria | London terror arrests: Met Police detain two men on suspicion of money laundering linked to extremists in Syria |
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| Police investigating UK extremists travelling to Syria have arrested two men in London on suspicion of money-laundering. | Police investigating UK extremists travelling to Syria have arrested two men in London on suspicion of money-laundering. |
| Scotland Yard said the arrests came as part of an investigation into large-scale fraud which involved raids across six addresses in the capital today. | Scotland Yard said the arrests came as part of an investigation into large-scale fraud which involved raids across six addresses in the capital today. |
| Officers arrested a 29-year-old man in west London and a 23-year-old man in east London on Wednesday morning, police said. They are currently being held in custody in a south London police station. | Officers arrested a 29-year-old man in west London and a 23-year-old man in east London on Wednesday morning, police said. They are currently being held in custody in a south London police station. |
| The fraud, which allegedly saw the theft of £150,000 from one elderly man alone, involved conmen cold-calling vulnerable people and impersonating a police officer. | The fraud, which allegedly saw the theft of £150,000 from one elderly man alone, involved conmen cold-calling vulnerable people and impersonating a police officer. |
| They would then inform them their bank account had been compromised and convince the victims into transferring money to an account under the control of the suspect, police said. | They would then inform them their bank account had been compromised and convince the victims into transferring money to an account under the control of the suspect, police said. |
| In a statement, the Met Police said the arrests related to "large-scale fraud linked to UK extremists travelling to Syria". | In a statement, the Met Police said the arrests related to "large-scale fraud linked to UK extremists travelling to Syria". |
| Investigations at all six addresses are ongoing, according to the Met Police. | |
| The statement warned the public to beware of cold-calling scams, and to never share their pin number over the phone. | |
| "Members of the public are strongly advised, if you receive a call like this from someone claiming to be a police officer, (to) hang up the phone,” the statement said. | |
| "(Then) wait at least five minutes to make sure the phone line has cleared, or use another phone line, before ringing the phone number on your bank card," it added. | |
| Additional reporting by PA |