British police de-arrest three in ricin inquiry

Three men who were among seven people arrested in a police raid on the North London Central Mosque are no longer being held under…

Three men who were among seven people arrested in a police raid on the North London Central Mosque are no longer being held under the Terrorism Act.

A 40-year-old was de-arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 and then arrested for alleged possession of a CS gas canister and immigration offences.

Another 22-year-old man was also de-arrested under the Terrorism Act but remained in custody over alleged immigration matters. A 23-year-old was released with no further action by police.

Four men, age between 29 and 48, remain in custody under the Terrorism Act after the raid in Finsbury Park, north London, on Monday morning.

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Anti-terrorist detectives and more than 100 officers took park in the raid in which the six North Africans and a 22-year-old Eastern European were arrested.

Scotland Yard discovered a stun gun, an imitation weapon which fires blanks and a CS gas canister during the search. Large numbers of passports, identity cards and credit cards were also found.

Senior officers said they were looking for specific individuals and the raid was linked to the discovery of the deadly poison ricin at a flat in nearby Wood Green on January 5th. No chemical substances were found at the mosque.