[Partridge: A small anecdote about this story. As the man in question apparently travelled from Ireland to Wales, this was big news in Ireland. Listening to the radio in a shop yesterday, there was a 'journalist' on from the Irish Daily Star (a rightwing tabloid daily) talking about how 'senior sources' were informing him of all sorts of nefarious carryings on - but he couldn't tell us because that would be an abuse of free speech or somesuch bullshit. He was practically having an orgasm on air.]
Wales 'terror suspects' freed
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Two terror suspects who were arrested at a north Wales port were released without charge today.
A 47-year-old man and a woman of 44, both originally from Algeria, were arrested under the Terrorism Act at Holyhead Port, on the Isle of Anglesey, on Friday, August 11.
At the time police said they did not believe the arrests were linked to the alleged airline bomb plot.
A spokeswoman for North Wales Police said: “After careful consideration of existing evidence and close liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service, a decision has been taken to release from custody the two individuals arrested under the Terrorism Act at Holyhead on August 11.
“North Wales Police cannot comment further at this point.”
It is understood that the man was arrested by Special Branch officers as he arrived in the UK on a ferry from the Republic of Ireland.
The woman was thought to be waiting for the man at the port when she was arrested.
Police refused to comment on whether a raid at a property in west Dublin was connected to the arrests.
Details of the arrests were only revealed by North Wales Police last week.
The force said it withheld the information as there was no immediate threat to the public.
It refused to comment on whether the couple were British citizens, whether they were related or married, or whether any properties had been raided.
Deputy Chief Constable Clive Wolfendale said the couple were in possession of “several items” but refused to give further details.
Unconfirmed reports suggested a laptop had been discovered containing documents about bomb-making, anti-surveillance tips and assassination techniques.
Mr Wolfendale said the Metropolitan Police were aware of the arrests and officers had also liaised with a number of other forces but he declined to name them.
He added that it did not appear the pair had any links to Wales.
Last Thursday, detectives successfully applied to a district judge at Holyhead Magistrates Court for a further five days to question the pair.