Six people have been arrested in Dover on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences , West Midlands Police said . Five men and one woman were detained at approximately 8am this morning in the departure zone of the south coast port , according to the force 's Twitter feed . Four of the men , all in their 20s , are from Birmingham , West Midlands , while a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman of no fixed abode were also held . Six people were arrested at Dover this morning on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences , according to West Midlands Police . They are currently being questioned at a police station in the West Midlands area . Searches are taking place at a number of addresses in Birmingham and police say the arrests are part of an on-going investigation . Officers added that the suspects , who are not a family group and were not accompanied by children , did not pose any immediate risk to public safety . It comes a day after it was revealed that one of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross the border into Syria is the son of Rochdale Labour councillor , Shakil Ahmed . Politics student Waheed Ahmed , 21 , and his aunt , cousins and four children were caught by security forces in Hatay province , southern Turkey . Police are yet to confirm whether the two cases are linked . Four of the men are from Birmingham , West Midlands , and in their 20s , while a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman of no fixed abode were also arrested . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Five men and one woman were arrested at approximately 8am this morning in the port 's departure zone . The group , all in their 20s , are currently being questioned at police station . Searches taking place at a number of addresses in Birmingham , West Mids . Suspects are not a family group and were not accompanied by children .