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Britain Arrests Two in Terror Probe at Ferry Terminal
2015-11-18
[AnNahar] British police on Tuesday said they had detained two men for terrorism offenses as they tried to leave the country, adding that the arrests were not linked to attacks in Gay Paree.

Police said the men, aged 22 and 20, were placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
early on Sunday at Dover Eastern Docks, a ferry terminal in southeast England and a popular departure point for ships heading to the port city of Calais, La Belle France.

The men had been living in Hayes on the outskirts of west London and are currently in jug, said police, who declined to reveal their nationalities.

"I would firstly like to confirm these arrests are not linked to the Gay Paree terrorist incidents and there is no immediate threat to the local community," said Ian Hunter, head of investigations of the South East Counter Terrorism Unit.

"These men were trying to leave the UK via Dover and were arrested following good work by Kent coppers at the port."

Britannia has beefed up security at ports, transit hubs and other busy public areas after 129 people were killed in coordinated gun and kabooms in Gay Paree on Friday.

Hundreds of Britons have left to join the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group in Syria and Iraq in recent months. Some have attempted to use ferries to make their way there to try to avoid detection.
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