BA employee arrested in terror funding probe
03.03.10
A BA call centre employee from Newcastle is being questioned on suspicion of terrorist fund-raising after being arrested at the airline's offices. Searches were conducted at the premises along with a residential address when the 30-year-old was arrested on February 25, it has been reported today. Detectives have been given more time to interview him in London.
The suspect was arrested by officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit as a part of a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command. A spokesman said: ‘On 25 February a 30-year-old man was arrested at a company address in Newcastle on suspicion of terrorist fund-raising. He remains in custody at a central London police station. Searches at the business premises, and residential premises within the Newcastle area, are complete.’
A BA spokesman said it took security ‘extremely seriously’ but could not comment further during the investigation.
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