On the suspicion of a conspiracy to disrupt the London Stock Exchange, six people have been placed under custody.
According to information provided to the Met Police, protestors from the Palestine Action organization planned to attack the exchange on Monday.
According to the force, it was thought that the individuals involved intended to inflict harm and “lock on” in an attempt to prevent the building from opening for business.
On Sunday, there were arrests in Brighton, Liverpool, and London.
As of right now, all six of them are in custody.
“Mentful of the suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action,” the Met stated.
It stated that in order to ensure that any additional disruption could be handled, it was in contact with other agencies, such as the City of London Police.
“Notable arrests”
According to the Met, the Daily Express’s information was the catalyst for the arrests.
“These are noteworthy arrests,” stated Detective Sergeant Sian Thomas. We think this group was prepared to pull off a disruptive and harmful prank that, if it had been executed well, could have had grave consequences.”
Officers from Merseyside Police detained a 31-year-old Liverpool man early on Sunday morning on suspicion of plotting to commit criminal damage.
Later in the day, five more people—a woman, 29, from Brent in north London, a male, 23, from Tower Hamlets in east London, two women, 28 and 26, from Liverpool, and a man, 27—were also taken into custody for the same offense.
“I’m grateful to the Express for their willingness to provide the information gleaned from their own investigation,” said Detective Supt Thomas.
It was crucial to our ability to successfully intervene. We were given limited time to take action because we received the material on Friday afternoon.”
She stated that officers “were able to identify, locate and arrest those we suspect to be involved in this plot” because of the “determined efforts” of the Met’s public order crime unit and its Merseyside colleagues.