Man, 41, arrested at London Stansted Airport on suspicion of terror offence

Stansted Airport: It is the second terror-related arrest there in a week
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Tom Powell10 December 2016
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence at Stansted Airport.

The 41-year-old was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2006 after arriving at the airport on Friday.

The arrest is related to suspected travel to Syria, according to the Met Police.

The man was taken to a south London police station to be questioned and remains in custody.

The Met's Counter Terrorism Command unit is leading the investigation.

Just five days earlier a 49-year-old man was arrested at the same airport on suspicion of preparing for a terrorist act.

The suspect, from south Essex, had been travelling back from Istanbul in Turkey.

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