Three arrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence service

Men, aged 44, 45 and 48, detained by Metropolitan police under section 3 of National Security Act

Three men, aged 44, 45 and 48, were arrested in west and central London on Thursday morning on suspicion of assisting a Russian intelligence service as part of what police said was an ongoing national security investigation.

They were held under section 3 of the National Security Act, the Metropolitan police said, while searches continued at the addresses where they were picked up plus at a further location in west London.