Daily Mail : Police given extra seven days to question terror plot suspects

Police given extra seven days to question terror plot suspects

By Daily Mail Reporter | April 16, 2009

Police were today given more time to question 11 men held for an alleged terror plot.

A total of 12 men were arrested on April 8 after officers raided 14 addresses in Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire.

An 18-year-old man was released without charge last week into the custody of the UK Borders Agency, which regulates immigration and can investigate the status of those entering the country.

The North West Counter Terrorism Unit has been given a further seven days to question seven of the men, aged between 22 and 37, and two further days to question the other four arrested men, aged 23, 41 and two aged 26.

They are being held in various locations across the country.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police, who are leading the operation, said the extensions were granted at magistrates' courts.
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Police officers patrol the area around a house in Liverpool following arrests and raids in Liverpool, Manchester and Clitheroep

The spokesman said: 'Officers continue to thank the local communities affected by this operation for their co-operation and support.'

Six addresses are still being searched by police across Merseyside and Greater Manchester including one in Galsworthy Avenue, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, and two in Cedar Grove, Liverpool, the spokesman added.