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Man charged with weapons offences after being stopped under Terrorism Act

A 24-year-old man has been charged with firearms offences after he was stopped at the port of Dover under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 and police seized a number of weapons and ammunition.

Khalid Ahmed was detained as he arrived in the UK from France. He was spoken to by Counter Terrorism officers at Dover, and his vehicle was searched.

A number of self-loading pistols were found in the vehicle and the man was subsequently arrested.

Due to the circumstances, the investigation was led by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London.

Ahmed, who lives in Ealing and is a dual Dutch and Irish national, was charged on Tuesday, 31 March, with ten counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, contrary to section 5 of the Firearms Act, 1968. He was also charged with one count of possession of prohibited ammunition.聽

Commander Helen Flanagan, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said: 鈥淲e appreciate this news may be concerning to the public, but since this arrest took place, we have been carrying out a number of enquiries and to-date, we have not identified any imminent threats to the public relating to this.

鈥淕iven the man has been charged, it is important there is no further speculation about the case while criminal proceedings are ongoing. But I can reassure the public that our investigation remains ongoing to ensure that the public is kept safe."