Police have arrested a serving member of the British Armed Forces on suspicion of Northern Ireland-related terrorist activities. The 30-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday during a joint operation involving the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism squad, Avon and Somerset Constabulary, and Devon and Cornwall police. In a statement, the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said the arrest was ‘pre-planned and intelligence-led’ as part of an investigation into Northern Ireland-related terrorism. The suspect, who has not been identified, has been taken to an unnamed police station in the west of England. The MPS said further searches are being carried out at an address in south Devon and a nearby wooded area by the force’s Counter-Terrorism Command, also known as SO15. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is also conducting searches in relation to the investigation. In June it was reported that Republican dissidents are developing anti-tank weapons. See