Three held in blackmail plot probe (From Hillingdon Times)
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Three held in blackmail plot probe
11:14am Friday 6th July 2012 in National News © Press Association 2013
Police in the UK and the Netherlands investigating animal rights extremists have arrested three people
Three people have been arrested in Amsterdam and London after a Europe-wide probe into blackmail linked to animal rights extremism.
A 50-year-old woman was held in Croydon, south London, on suspicion of conspiracy to blackmail.
She was arrested by officers from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism command, who led the investigation.
Two other people were arrested in the Netherlands.
A man and a woman, both 25, were arrested at a residential address in Amsterdam under a European Arrest Warrant, the Metropolitan Police said.
Officers are searching the home in Croydon where the 50-year-old was arrested, and a business address in central London, while Dutch counterparts are searching a home and business in Amsterdam.
The alleged plot focused on a target in the UK but Scotland Yard would not reveal whether it was an individual or a business.
Two of the people arrested are British and one is Dutch, the force said.
Extradition proceedings will start in the Netherlands to try to bring the arrested pair back to this country.
