British police arrests six terror suspects

British police on Tuesday arrested three men and three women in a counter-terrorism operation linked to the on-going civil war in Syria and Iraq.

Thames Valley Police said the six suspects, aged between 23 and 57 from Portsmouth, Farnborough and Greenwich, were arrested by the South East Counter Terrorism Unit this morning.

They were arrested in connection with "conflicts overseas" and were "not linked to any immediate threat to local communities", a police spokesperson said.

Today's arrests involved two men, aged 26 and 23, from Portsmouth, a 23-year-old woman from Farnborough, and a 29-year-old woman from Greenwich, south-east London, who were all arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.

A 57-year-old man from Portsmouth was arrested for failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, for engaging in preparation of terrorist acts and arranging availability of money and property for use in terrorist acts.

A 48-year-old woman from Portsmouth was also arrested for failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.

UK has raised its international threat level to the second highest level of "severe" in August after it was found that as many as 500 of its citizens were fighting alongside the dreaded terrorist-outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the battle hardened militants returning from Iraq and Syria pose a grave security risk to Britain. Only yesterday, three men, aged 21, 24 and 25, were arrested from central London in a counter-terrorism raid.