London terror arrests: Met Police detain two men on suspicion of money laundering linked to extremists in Syria

From the Independent

Police investigating UK extremists travelling to Syria have arrested two men in London on suspicion of money-laundering. Scotland Yard said the arrests came as part of an investigation into large-scale fraud which involved raids across six addresses in the capital today. Investigations at all six addresses are ongoing, according to the Met Police

Officers arrested a 29-year-old man in west London and a 23-year-old man in east London on Wednesday morning, police said. They are currently being held in custody in a south London police station.

The fraud, which allegedly saw the theft of £150,000 from one elderly man alone, involved conmen cold-calling vulnerable people and impersonating a police officer.They would then inform them their bank account had been compromised and convince the victims into transferring money to an account under the control of the suspect, police said.