A 61-year-old man has been arrested in west London on suspicion of “possessing an article” for the purposes of terrorism.
Scotland Yard counter-terror police arrested the man at 4.10pm on Monday in Kensington on suspicion of possessing an article for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.
The man, who remains in custody, was arrested under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Detectives are currently searching an address in Kensington.
The arrests come amid a heightened fear of an attack on the UK. Since August 2014, Britain has been at its second highest level of terror alert – severe – meaning an attack is highly likely.
The government has previously claimed that seven plots linked to Islamic terrorists have been foiled in Britain since 2014, directly linked by officials to the rise of Islamic State.
