Six people — including a woman from London — were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences early this morning.
The three men and three women were detained at addresses in Portsmouth and Farnborough in Hampshire, and in Greenwich.
Four, including a woman, 29, from Greenwich, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.
A 57-year-old man from Portsmouth is being held on suspicion of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and arranging availability of money and property for use in terrorism.
A woman, 48, from Portsmouth, was arrested on suspicion of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. The arrests follow the arrests of three men in central London yesterday by police as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack in the capital.
Today’s arrests were carried out by South East Counter Terrorism Unit officers and Thames Valley Police said the suspected terrorist activity related to “conflicts overseas”.
The three men, aged 21, 24 and 25, who were arrested yesterday were held by officers from Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command.
Their arrests were linked to dawn raids last week in which five men were held in central and west London. Officials believed they had foiled the early stages of a terrorist plot.
Detectives are understood to be investigating a suspected plan by supporters of Islamic State to obtain guns from the underworld to carry out an attack. In raids last month, police found five handguns, ammunition and a silencer at addresses in London.
Two of those held last week were released from custody yesterday. Rawan Kheder, 20, a university student from a respected family in the Iraqi Kurdish community, and Gusai Abuzeid, 21, a student at Greenwich School of Management, returned home to friends and family.
Friends of Mr Abuzeid visited him at his home in Marylebone and dozens of relatives of Mr Kheder welcomed him home last night at the family’s flat in South Kensington.
Scotland Yard said yesterday that police searched a business premises in west London and searches were being carried out at four residential addresses in north-west London.
