article_snippet.sent: eight family members allegedly caught trying to sneak into Syria with the son of a Labour councillor have been arrested after being brought back to the UK from Turkey.
article_snippet.sent: Two women were among eight relatives stopped at the Turkish border with Syria on April 1 with university student Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed.
article_snippet.sent: Late on Monday, a 30-year-old man from Rochdale – where Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed and the other eight detatined in Turkey
article_snippet.sent: The territory on the Syrian side of the stretch of border that other relatives were attempting to cross is controlled by the Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda.
article_snippet.sent: Five houses, including that of Ahmed’s father, have been searched as part of attempts to establish why the group apparently tried to enter Syria.
article_snippet.sent: Ahmed was seen being moved by Turkish police on Sunday and then put on a Monarch-operated Flight from Dalaman which landed at Birmingham Airport at 12.14am today .
article_snippet.sent: The force has previously stated that all nine of those held in Turkey would be sent back to the UK
highlights_snippet.sent: Student is accused of trying to take eight family members into Syria .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Student was arrested in Turkish border town with family, including four children .