15/01/2014

Police Granted Warrant To Hold Terror Suspects

Police have been granted more time to question two men suspected of terrorism offences relating to activities in Syria.

Two 21-year-old men were arrested on Monday at Heathrow Airport after arriving on a flight from Istanbul. It is understood that the men are from Handsworth in Birmingham.

Magistrates granted West Midlands Police a warrant to hold the men until 20 January.

(MH/JP)

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