Anjem Choudary, the notorious hate preacher, has been arrested as part of a police investigation into suspected terrorism offences.
Choudary, 56, who lives in east London, was arrested by police at his home in a dawn raid on Monday.
A little less than seven hours after Choudary was detained, counter terrorism detectives arrested a second man at Heathrow airport who had just landed in the UK on a flight from Canada. Both men were held on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation in contravention of the Terrorism Act 2000.
… “The officers arrested a 56-year-old man from east London in the area at approximately 05.40hrs this morning, Monday, 17 July.”
The statement went on: “They arrested a 28-year-old Canadian national at Heathrow airport at approximately 12.35hrs, after he arrived on a flight from Canada.
