0h 5min, may 4, 2025 y - Arrests in 2 Terror Plots

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Seven Iranian nationals are among eight men arrested in two major counter-terrorism investigations that took place separately on Saturday.

Five of the arrests were part of a "pre-planned" investigation into an alleged plot to "target a specific premises", the Metropolitan Police said.

Dramatic footage taken in Rochdale showed one man removed from a house by armed officers - while another was filmed being dragged through the street in Swindon with plastic bags placed over his arms.

As part of a separate investigation led by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) - responsible for leading counter-terror and espionage investigations - three other Iranian men were arrested in London on Saturday

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