(LBC) Eight men, including seven Iranians, have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids across the UK, concerning two separate suspected plots.
Five men — four of whom are Iranian — were arrested on Saturday in London, the north-west and Swindon.
Separately, three other Iranian men were detained in London, also on Saturday, on suspicion of separate offences.
All of the men currently remain in police custody.
The arrests in the first plot were in connection to a “suspected plot to target a specific premises,” according to the Met police.
