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UK: No terror arrests from stop and search, says government

01 October 2010

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UK: No terror arrests from stop and search, says government (BBC News, link): "Not one person stopped and searched under anti-terrorism powers in Britain was arrested for terrorism-related offences last year, figures show... In all, 101,248 people were stopped and searched in England, Wales and Scotland under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. Of the 506 arrests that resulted, none was terrorism-related."

Home Office Statistical Bulletin: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation: Arrests, outcomes and stops & searches Great Britain 2009/10 (48 pages, pdf) and Home Office press release (pdf)

Under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 stop and search powers 506 people were arrested but: "No arrests under Section 44 were identified as being terrorism related." Under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 stop and search powers 26 people were arrested but: "No arrests were identified as being terrorism related."

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