A man has been arrested at Luton Airport in relation to a number of offences under the Terrorism Act.
The 38-year-old was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command after arriving into the UK on a flight from Turkey on Wednesday evening.
It’s believed to be Aine Davis, who is accused of being part of the so-called Islamic State cell known as The Beatles, according to the BBC.
It was first reported that Davis might be deported to the UK in June.
Turkish security sources said they were deporting him because they didn’t want their country to become a “dumping ground” for Western extremists.
The cell – said to be made up of ringleader Mohammed Emwazi known as Jihadi John, Aine Davis, El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey – was allegedly responsible for the brutal killings of a number of Western and Japanese captives, including Britons Alan Henning and David Haines.
Davis has been held at Ankara’s Sincan prison since 2017 but is due to be released after serving seven-and-a-half years in prison for being a member of IS.
“He was arrested in relation to offences under sections 15, 17 and 57 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 and was taken to a south London police station, where he currently remains in police custody,” police said.
The arrest comes after another man was arrested in June at Luton Airport in relation to terrorism offences.
The 40-year-old was arrested on suspicion of collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
He was stopped by police after he arrived into the UK on a flight from Kosovo.
Later that same month, a 16-year-old was stopped from boarding a flight at Stanstead Airport on suspicion of terrorist offences.
The alleged offences are linked to extreme Islamist ideology, Met Police said.
If you see or hear something unusual or suspicious or you think someone may be engaging in terrorist activity, trust your instincts and ACT by reporting it at gov.uk/ACT or by calling the anti-terrorist hotline, in confidence, on 0800 789 321. In an emergency, always dial 999.
