SIX people, including three living just over a mile from the Olympic site and a former police community support officer, have been arrested over a suspected terror plot.
The alleged plan involved Islamist extremists with potential targets in the UK, but was not linked to the Olympics, it is understood.
Yesterday's arrests were part of a pre-planned intelligence-led operation by the Metropolitan Police counter-terror command along with armed officers, but the threat was not thought to be imminent.
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