FOUR REMANDED ON TERROR CHARGES

Three of the men, Shahid Ali, Mohammed Nadim and Shabir Mohammed, appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with engaging in conduct with the intention of assisting in the commission of acts of terrorism.

The court heard the charge related to the supply of equipment overseas for use in fighting coalition forces.

The men were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on November 7 for a preliminary hearing.

A fourth man, Abdul Raheem, was charged with failure to disclose information which may have assisted in preventing acts of terrorism, namely the supply of equipment to assist terrorists fighting abroad.

Raheem was remanded in custody to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on November 21.

All the men were arrested in a series of dawn raids on October 21 when officers from the counter-terrorism unit at West Midlands Police raided six homes and two commercial properties early in the morning.