US arrests man for plot on military recruit centre

A Baltimore man was arrested on Wednesday on charges he plotted to detonate a vehicle bomb at a US Armed Forces recruitment center in Maryland, a plot that was a sting operation, the US justice department said.

"There was no actual danger to the public as the explosives were inert and the suspect had been carefully monitored by law enforcement for months," said justice department spokesperson Dean Boyd. He declined to identify the individual arrested.

The arrest follows a series of sting operations by law enforcement agencies involving terrorism plots, including one case in which an Oregon man was arrested last month on charges he tried to detonate a car bomb near a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland.