A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested at a curry house in Cornwall on suspicion of a terrorism offence linked to Syria.
The Bangladeshi national is being questioned by police after counter-terrorism officers raided the Balti King restaurant in the seaside town of Hayle.
He is being held at a police station on suspicion of preparing for an act of terrorism, police said.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said the arrest was related to "internet activity around the conflict in Syria" and not linked to any immediate threat to the UK.
Police have not confirmed whether the suspect worked at the Indian restaurant but said he had "an association with the premises".
The man was arrested following a joint operation by the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) and Devon and Cornwall Police.
British counter-terrorism police have made a number of arrests linked to the conflict in Syria in recent weeks.
A 21-year-old man was detained in Hackney, London, last Wednesday, while a 25-year-old woman in Bedfordshire and a 32-year-old man in London were questioned on October 22.
Three men and three women were also arrested in Portsmouth and Farnborough in Hampshire and Greenwich, south east London, on October 14.
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