The name, sex and age of the person arrested, as well as the nature of the actions that could constitute the crime, are not revealed. It is only known that the citizen was arrested on April 10, he was charged on the 19th and on the 20th Westminster Magistrates’ Court extended the arrest until May 10th.
The court prohibited the detainee’s personal data from being made public because he became a defendant in an investigation by Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorism Unit. The Briton is expected to appear at London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court.
The updated national security law was adopted in the UK in July last year and came into force at the end of December. The provisions of the law expanded the powers of law enforcement agencies to take action against those suspected of espionage, sabotage and actions on behalf of other states against London’s interests.
