Five terror arrests near Sellafield

London men stopped by officers policing nuclear site in Cumbria Five men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act near the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, police said. The men were detained at 4.32pm on Monday after a vehicle was stopped and checked by officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, who police the facility in west Cumbria. The five, all in their 20s and from London, were arrested under section 41 of the act and held in police custody overnight in Carlisle before being taken to Manchester on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for Cumbria police said. An investigation is now under way by the north-west counterterrorism unit. Greater Manchester police said the investigation was in its early stages and there would be no further information released immediately. They were not aware of any connection to the death of Osama bin Laden in the US special forces operation in Pakistan. The police said a road closure affected the area for “a short period of time”. UK security and terrorism Nuclear power Crime Energy Helen Carter guardian.co.uk

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