article_snippet.sent: Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of councillor Shakil Ahmed, was accused of trying to sneak into Syria  with eight of Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of councillor Shakil Ahmed relatives and was arrested when Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of councillor Shakil Ahmed landed in the UK earlier this week.
article_snippet.sent: University student Waheed, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and eight of his relatives - including four children ranging from a one-year-old baby to an 11-year-old - were stopped on Turkish border Syria on April 1.
article_snippet.sent: They were arrested by Turkish police within walking distance of the border in the town of Reyhanli.
article_snippet.sent: The territory on the Syrian side of the stretch of border that they 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, were searched as part of attempts to establish why the group apparently tried to enter Syria.
highlights_snippet.sent: Waheed Ahmed, son of a Labour councillor, was stopped at Turkish border .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 21-year-old was accused of trying to enter Syria with family members .
  