Rochdale family detained near Syrian border released without charge following terror probe

Five family members from Rochdale detained earlier this month near the Syrian border have been released without charge by the police.

They had been arrested on suspicion of “preparing terrorist acts” after allegedly trying to cross from Turkey with four young children on 1 April.

Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of a local councillor, has now been freed from custody along with two other men aged 24 and 22, and two women aged 47 and 22.

Mr Ahmed had been arrested at Birmingham Airport following his deportation from Turkey and the other four were detained at Manchester Airport and taken into custody.

They had been with four children aged one, three, eight and 11, police said, adding that they were all related and from Rochdale.

A 30-year-old man arrested in the town earlier this month on suspicion of terror offences has also been released.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police, who led the investigation as part of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: “No evidence was uncovered to suggest any imminent threat to the communities of Rochdale or the UK.”

Officers had been trying to establish the group’s reason for travelling to the border in Hatay province after Turkish authorities alleged they were trying to reach Syria.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rochdale-family-detained-near-syrian-border-released-without-charge-following-terror-probe-10186910.html

yup , sounds about right being as they relations of a councillor...

of course they may be innocent of any intent........but we will never know their reason for going to such a place

I mean...why...just why would you, considering the state of the place ATM??

Why did Alan Henning go? Because, believe or not Victor, many people see the terrible things that perfectly ordinary people, doctors, shopkeepers, teachers, etc etc are having to endure and the inhuman things that are being done to them, and they want to help. And maybe they had relatives they were desperate to see if they were all right. And as for your stupid remark about being the relatives of a councillor, yea, of course they would let terrorists go because of that! Like local councillors have that much influence, give over.

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risingsun wrote:Why did Alan Henning go?   Because, believe or not Victor, many people see the terrible things that perfectly ordinary people, doctors, shopkeepers, teachers, etc etc are having to endure and the inhuman things that are being done to them, and they want to help.  And maybe they had relatives they were desperate to see if they were all right.  And as for your stupid remark about being the relatives of a councillor, yea, of course they would let terrorists go because of that!   Like local councillors have that much influence, give over.  

rochdale
birmingham
etc etc etc...

of course they dont have influence

especially when...........