Three men person been charged with panic offences pursuing a drawstring of raids crossed Greater Manchester, police person confirmed.
Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, person been charged with mentation of violent acts, contrary to conception 5(1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2006.
Bilel Saadaoui, 35, has been charged with nonaccomplishment to disclose accusation astir an enactment of terrorism.
All 3 person been remanded successful custody and are scheduled to look before Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow.
The raids were carried retired past Wednesday arsenic portion of a bid of coordinated strikes astatine 4 addresses in Wigan and Bolton.
A fig of constabulary cordons were enactment successful spot crossed the addresses and remained successful spot for a fig of days. Local officers were besides tasked with patrolling the affected areas.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed contiguous that each the cordons person been lifted and person thanked the impacted communities for their 'patience and co-operation'.
Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham past week described the raids as a 'preventative' measure.
Asked astir the raids, helium told BBC Radio Manchester: 'Obviously radical volition work that and it's a worrying development, but connected the different hand, we person our constabulary force, GMP, taking enactment to apprehend people.
'I can't truly accidental much than that.
'This has been a preventative move.
'Obviously we volition beryllium capable to accidental much successful owed course.'
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts, who holds work for antagonistic coercion policing successful the northbound west, said past Wednesday: 'This evening we person executed a fig of planned warrants arsenic portion of an ongoing antagonistic coercion investigation.
'Three men person been taken into custody for questioning and scenes stay successful spot arsenic we behaviour further enquiries.
'Today's enactment has been the culmination of overmuch elaborate readying and we person enactment measures successful spot to minimise disruption to section residents arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.
'I recognize that immoderate clip arrests of this quality are made it volition origin concerns and radical volition people person questions.
'Although we can't spell into circumstantial details of the probe astatine this stage, I privation to reassure members of the nationalist that we bash not presently judge determination to beryllium immoderate wider menace linked to today's activity.
'Further item volition beryllium released wherever due arsenic the probe progresses.'
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