Woman arrested in Croydon as part of animal rights extremism probe

A WOMAN has been arrested in Croydon as part of an investigation into animal rights extremism.

Counter-terrorism officers arrested the woman at a house in Croydon on suspicion of conspiracy to blackmail.

She has been taken to a police station in south London where she remains in custody.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command are searching the house and another address in central London.

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In Amsterdam, officers from the Dutch National Crime Squad have arrested a man and a woman, both 25, as part of the investigation.

Police said the arrests marked a "significant development" in a long-running investigation into alleged criminal activity across Europe, let by the Met and supported by the police authorities in the Netherlands.