LONDON (Sputnik) – UK special services have thwarted a terrorist plot in southwest London as part of a "live" investigation, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said Friday.
"Yes," Basu, national co-ordinator for counter-terrorism policing, said in a televised briefing when asked whether an active plot has been foiled.
A 27-year-old man was arrested "for terrorism act offenses" and arms possession by the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command, he said. Basu said two ongoing searches are carried out in a related investigation in London.
A woman was shot and four people were arrested in Willesden on Thursday in a "separate" investigation involving the use CS gas and an armed entry into the address, he said.
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