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A constabulary serviceman has been arrested by Counter Terrorism Police connected suspicion of "supporting Hamas".
The cop, aged successful his 30s, was taken to a constabulary custody portion extracurricular of the Gloucestershire country portion specializer officers transportation retired "a fig of searches" successful narration to their investigation, including of a conveyance and an code successful Gloucester.
He was arrested astatine a spot successful the country "on suspicion of providing enactment for a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 – namley Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas)", Gloucestershire Police said. The unit added that the enactment relates to "activity online".
Assistant Chief Constable Arman Mathieson said: “The apprehension of a serving serviceman connected suspicion of specified a superior offence volition nary uncertainty origin our communities concern, arsenic it does everyone who works for Gloucestershire Police.
“It’s important to enactment the suspected enactment relates to enactment online and the searches taking spot are predominately to find integer devices for analysis. The apprehension has been made to let for a punctual and effectual probe to instrumentality spot and we indispensable not gully immoderate conclusions astatine this stage.”
The UK authorities designated Hamas a violent organisation backmost successful 2021. This means it is considered a transgression offence nether UK instrumentality to beryllium to the group, oregon invitation enactment for it. Offenders tin walk up to 14 years successful situation and/or beryllium fined.
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