(National-UAE) British radical cleric Anjem Choudary has been arrested by police investigating suspected terrorism offences.
Police arrested the 56-year-old, from East London, on Monday following dawn raids at three properties in the area.
A second man, who had just landed in the UK on a flight from Canada, was arrested at Heathrow Airport.
The Metropolitan Police said both were being held on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation in contravention of the Terrorism Act 2000.
“Counter-terrorism detectives have arrested two men as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism offences,” it said in a statement.
