Author: Reporter
Publication: Daily Mail
Date: March 4, 2010
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255070/British-Airways-worker-arrested-terror-plot-raid.html
A Heathrow Airport worker is in police custody
today after a series of raids into an alleged terrorist fund-raising plot.
The man is the second British Airways worker
held after three men were arrested in dawn raids this morning, taking to four
the number in custody.
It follows the arrest on Thursday of a 30-year-old
British Airways employee in Newcastle.
The three men, aged 31, 32 and 43, were seized
by police at 5am today in Slough.
The men are now being questioned about a plot
to fund a terrorist attack.
Police refused to clarify what positions the
two BA employees had within the airline. Sources said the latest arrests were
'significant'.
A spokesman for British Airways said: 'An
employee was arrested in Slough today. We take all matters relating to security
extremely seriously and as a responsible company always fully cooperate with
the police.
'As with any issue relating to a police investigation
it would be inappropriate to comment further.'
Scotland Yard said today: 'Three men were
arrested in Slough for alleged offences of terrorist fundraising. The men
were arrested at separate addresses by officers from the South-East Counter
Terrorism Unit. As part of a joint operation with the Met's Counter Terrorism
Command, the men were taken to a central London police station.'
Members of the security services have been
on increased alert after the failed Christmas Day bomb plot to blow up a jet
over Detroit in the United States.
Former University of London student Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab is being held in the US over the attempt.
