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18th September 2010, 08:01 PM
Six arrested over Pope visit released September 19, 2010 - 10:44AM
British police freed six men without charge after they were arrested on suspicion of preparing a "terrorist" attack linked to the state visit of Pope Benedict XVI, Scotland Yard said on Sunday.
"Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday, 17 September, were all released without charge late on Saturday night and early this morning (Sunday)," it said in a statement.
Counter-terrorism police in London had swooped at dawn on Friday to detain five men aged between 26 and 50 who worked as street cleaning contractors in central London, while a sixth man was arrested later the same day.
AFP
Link...... (http://www.theage.com.au/world/six-arrested-over-pope-visit-released-20100919-15hku.html)
This is a very regular pattern in the UK. It also happens in Aus but less frequently. They fake a plot, "apparently" arrest a buch of people and then release them without charge a few days later.
This one happened back in April 2009 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jpkgwUnp3aKSsPC4sfH2DDOBj8zw). They were released.
British police freed six men without charge after they were arrested on suspicion of preparing a "terrorist" attack linked to the state visit of Pope Benedict XVI, Scotland Yard said on Sunday.
"Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday, 17 September, were all released without charge late on Saturday night and early this morning (Sunday)," it said in a statement.
Counter-terrorism police in London had swooped at dawn on Friday to detain five men aged between 26 and 50 who worked as street cleaning contractors in central London, while a sixth man was arrested later the same day.
AFP
Link...... (http://www.theage.com.au/world/six-arrested-over-pope-visit-released-20100919-15hku.html)
This is a very regular pattern in the UK. It also happens in Aus but less frequently. They fake a plot, "apparently" arrest a buch of people and then release them without charge a few days later.
This one happened back in April 2009 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jpkgwUnp3aKSsPC4sfH2DDOBj8zw). They were released.