Six men are being questioned in East Sussex under the Terrorism Act, police have said. The arrests in Eastbourne followed inquiries by Sussex Police into alleged large-scale cheque and credit card fraud. [A police spokesman] said one man had been arrested on Tuesday night and five others on Thursday and Friday. They are being held under section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which relates to the arranging of funds or property for the purposes of terrorism. All six are currently in police custody in stations across Sussex and will continue to be interviewed on Saturday. The suspects are all in their mid 20s and are North African, the police spokesman said. Two are from Eastbourne, two from Hastings and two from London.
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Items have been seized from a flat in Eastbourne but police have refused to say what they were. Officers are continuing to search the property. Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Yeo, of Sussex Police, said: "At this stage there is no connection with the arrests that have been made elsewhere in the country. This is a Sussex Police operation but we have also been working closely with officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Anti-Terrorism Branch." |