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UK arrests 5 in terror alert near nuclear site

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-05-03 20:24

LONDON - British police said on Tuesday they had arrested five men close to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwest England under counter-terrorism laws.

The arrests were made after Prime Minister David Cameron urged Britain to remain vigilant against potential reprisals following the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by U.S. forces.

Police said the men were arrested on Monday after officers conducted a stop check on a vehicle near the site in Cumbria.

The men are all aged in their 20s and from London, police said.

Police held the men under section 41 of the Terrorism Act, which allows offices to arrest people suspected of terrorist offences and hold them for 48 hours without charge.