Terror police arrest woman and five men alleged to be in far-right group National Action
FIVE men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to banned far-right terror group National Action.
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West Midlands Police said the suspects, aged between 21 and 37, were detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act today.
All six are being held at a police station in the West Midlands.
They are:
A 28-year-old from Wolverhampton
A 26-year-old from Leicester
A 26-year-old from Cambridge
A 24-year-old from Stockport
A 21-year-old from Banbury, Oxfordshire
A 37-year-old woman also from Banbury
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The arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led with no threat to the public's safety, the force said.
A spokesman added: "The arrests were carried out with West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit in conjunction with North West CTU, South East CTU, Eastern CTIU and EMSOU-SB (previously EM CTIU).
A man and a woman from Banbury, Oxfordshire, and four men from Cambridge, Wolverhampton, Leicester and Stockport are in police custody, West Midlands Police said.
National Action was made a proscribed terrorist organisation in December 2016, the first extreme right-wing group to be outlawed in the UK.
They are the latest in a wave of arrests of alleged National Action members since the group was banned by the Government.
Counter-terror police have detained dozens of people, including some on suspicion of plotting terror attacks, since the order formally came into effect.
