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UK arrests 5 under security law near nuclear site

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-05-04 17:48

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

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

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