Five including two women arrested for G20 terror plot

London, Mar 31 (PTI) A suspected plot to disrupt the
upcoming G-20 Summit to be attended by top world leaders
including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been unearthed
with the arrest of five persons on terrorism charges.

Cache of imitation guns, knives and "suspicious
devices" were recovered from them. Police said they uncovered
some political material relating to protests planned to
disrupt the meeting in Excel Centre in London on April 2.

There was no suggestion of Muslim extremists being
involved, a police spokesman said. "Those arrested are not
believed, at this stage, to be part of a national or
larger operation."

The five arrested live in Plymouth, Devon and the
surrounding area. The three men, aged 25, 19 and 16, and two
women, both 20 were arrested forty-eight hours before world
leaders gather here for the G20 summit.They have been detained
under anti-terrorism laws and are being held in Cornwall.

Police found a range of imitation and deactivated
fire-arms from handguns to long-barreled rifles and a
Kalashnikov-style assault rifle. They also found "suspicious
devices", described as "improvised explosives made of
fireworks", that were sent away for forensic examination.

The arrests were made in raids in Plymouth after a
25-year-old man was caught spraying graffiti slogans in the
city centre on Friday night. PTI HSR
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