Six people have been arrested in Dover on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, West Midlands Police said. Five men and one woman were detained at approximately 8am this morning in the departure zone of the south coast port, according to the force's Twitter feed. Four of the men, all in their 20s, are from Birmingham, West Midlands, while a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman of no fixed abode were also held. Six people were arrested at Dover this morning on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, according to West Midlands Police . They are currently being questioned at a police station in the West Midlands area. Searches are taking place at a number of addresses in Birmingham and police say the arrests are part of an on-going investigation. Officers added that the suspects, who are not a family group and were not accompanied by children, did not pose any immediate risk to public safety. It comes a day after it was revealed that one of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross the border into Syria is the son of Rochdale Labour councillor, Shakil Ahmed. Politics student Waheed Ahmed, 21, and his aunt, cousins and four children were caught by security forces in Hatay province, southern Turkey. Police are yet to confirm whether the two cases are linked. Four of the men are from Birmingham, West Midlands, and in their 20s, while a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman of no fixed abode were also arrested . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
Five men and one woman were arrested at 8am in the port's departure zone . The group, all in their 20s, are currently being questioned at police station . Searches taking place at a number of addresses in Birmingham, West Mids . Suspects are not a family group and were not accompanied by children .