National Action arrests: Wolverhampton man held on suspicion of belonging to banned far-right group
A man from Wolverhampton is among a group arrested on suspicion of being members of banned far-right group National Action.
The group of five men and a woman are being held at a police station in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Police say a 28-year-old from Wolverhampton is among those to be detained by counter terror officers.
The others arrested are a 26-year-old man from Cambridge, a 21-year-old from Banbury, in Oxfordshire, a 26-year-old from Leicester and a 24-year-old from Stockport and a 37-year-old woman also from Banbury.
They have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, namely on suspicion of being a member of proscribed organisation National Action.
The arrests were carried out with West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit
A number of properties are being searched in connection with the arrests.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "The arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led; there was no threat to the public’s safety."
The extremist far-right group was banned in 2016 and, according to the Home Office, is "virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic" and celebrated the death of MP Jo Cox on social media.
Last year Alexander Deakin, from Beacon Road, Great Barr, was charged with terror offences along with two other men over their alleged membership of the banned neo-Nazi group.
