Two men have been arrested in west London over alleged links to Hezbollah.
One of the individuals, a 39-year-old man, was allegedly involved in preparations for an act of terrorism.
He was arrested on 1 April and was also accused of being a member of a proscribed organisation and being involved in a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism.
Police also arrested a 35-year-old man in west London on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation.
The Met Police’s counter-terrorism investigation relates to the group Hezbollah and is largely focused on activity overseas and activity within the UK.
Hezbollah is one of the most heavily armed non-state groups in the world. The Lebanese militant group is aligned with Iran and has been fighting Israel parallel to the Israel-Hamas conflict, but has suffered heavy losses in the last 12 months.
As part of the investigation, searches were carried out at five addresses across northwest, southwest and west London as well as Essex.
It was added that there is not thought to be any imminent threat to the public.
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Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s counter terror command, said: “Terrorism and terrorists have a global reach and impact and the activities of terrorist groups overseas can harm communities here in the UK as well as causing devastation to those abroad.
“Our investigation remains ongoing, but I hope that these arrests show we will take robust action against anyone here whom we suspect as being involved in terrorist activity regardless of whether their activity is focused here in the UK or elsewhere.”
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The two men have been released on bail until mid-July.
