Woman arrested at Heathrow Airport

Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 22-year-old woman at Heathrow airport, from an inbound flight from Turkey, at approximately 22:20hrs on Tuesday 19 September.

The woman was arrested on suspicion of membership of a proscribed organisation, contrary to section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

She was detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and taken to an east London police station, where she remains in police custody. Enquiries continue.