British police arrests 3 persons
for alleged 'support and fundraising' to LTTE

TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 April 2008

[see also UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe - BBC Report]

Three men were arrested at separate addresses in Wales, south east England and Greater London Tuesday morning when British police officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, supported by members of the Welsh police service, carried out searches under the Terrorism Act 2000 at a number of residential and business addresses, according to a press release issued by the British High Commission in Colombo on Tuesday.

The LTTE is a proscribed organisation under the terms of the Terrorism Act 2000, which came into force in 2001, the British High Commission said.

Two people have previously been charged in connection with this investigation.

Full text of the press release issued by the British High Commission in Colombo follows:

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE

BRITISH POLICE ARREST THREE MEN UNDER TERRORISM ACT 2000

At approximately 6.30 am on 29 April police officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, supported by members of the Welsh police service, carried out searches under the Terrorism Act 2000 at a number of residential and business addresses in Wales. Further searches were carried out in Surrey in south east England and Greater London.

Three men were arrested at separate addresses on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000.

The arrests are part of a long-term investigation into the alleged funding and procurement activity in support of terrorism overseas. The investigation relates to alleged procurement, support and fundraising for the proscribed organisation, the LTTE .

Two people have previously been charged in connection with this investigation.

British High Commission
Colombo
4/29/08