UK: 3 Men, 3 Women Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism, over $400,000 Funds Thought to be for ISIL Seized

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The UK's counter-terrorism police have arrested three men and three women from Portsmouth, Farnborough and London in Britain on suspicion of plotting, or helping to plot, terrorism abroad.

A 23-year-old woman from Farnborough and a 29-year-old woman from Greenwich, south London, were arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.

Two of the men, aged 26 and 23, both from Portsmouth, were arrested on the same grounds.

Additionally, a 48-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man from Portsmouth were arrested on suspicion of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. The man is also suspected of the preparation of terrorist acts and of arranging money and property for use in terrorism.

Thames Valley police said in a statement that the suspected terrorist activity related to "conflicts overseas" and was not linked to any immediate threat to communities in the UK.

Meanwhile also, British police have confiscated 250,000 pounds [about 401,713 US dollars] of suspected funds for the so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] extremist group, Britain's anti-terror authorities said on Monday.

Most of the money was seized from travelers departing from Manchester Airport to Turkey, who were suspected of supplying cash for militants in Syria and Iraq.

"Terrorists need money to fight. At the Turkish border with Syria there are shops where you can buy guns, boots, rations and if you are going out there to fight you need money and you want equipment," detective chief superintendent of the Greater Manchester Police [GMP], Tony Mole, said.

Some of the confiscated cash was spotted in the travelers' luggage or hidden under their clothes.

According to British anti-terror laws, police have the power to seize the suspect cash.
Most passengers carrying the cash were unable to give a satisfactory explanation, according to the GMP.

The confiscated cash was seized between April 2013 and April this year [2014], while details for the rest of Britain were not available yet.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team