The man was arrested after arriving at Gatwick on a flight from Iraq
A man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
The 44-year-old from Hertfordshire was detained at the West Sussex airport on Thursday after getting off a flight from Iraq, Scotland Yard said.
He was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command under Section Five of the Terrorism Act.
He was taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody.
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