Liverpool Echo : Teen arrested over alleged terror bomb plot handed over to UK Border Agency custody

Teen arrested over alleged terror bomb plot handed over to UK Border Agency custody

April 11, 2009

An 18-year-old arrested over an alleged terror bomb plot in north-west England has been released into UK Border Agency custody it emerged today.

Officers have been granted a further week to question the other 11 suspects as searches continue at 10 premises including a Liverpool building.

It has been reported that search teams have found images of Manchester shopping centres.

It is understood that the 18-year-old will now be deported. The remaining suspects - aged 22 to 41 - are being held at locations across the country, including four in the West Midlands.

The men were arrested during raids in Liverpool, the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, and Clitheroe in Lancashire last week.

Staff at the Arndale and Trafford Centres said they had not been informed of any threat and that stores were operating as normal over the Easter weekend.