Police are quizzing five men that were arrested in a security alert near the huge Sellafield Nuclear Power Station in Cumbria.
A road was sealed-off as the men - all aged in their 20s and from London - were detained unter the Terrorism Act by a squad from the dedicated Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
The arrests were made in a stop-and-search challenge on the road leading to the nuclear isolated installation that stands on the Irish Sea Cost, near Whitehaven.
The five were first taken to a police station at Carlisle and were transferred to a custody unit in the Manchester area for questioning by specialist officers.
A spokesman for the police North West Counter Terrorism Unit said: "At 4.32pm yesterday, Monday 2nd May, police officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary conducted a stop check on a vehicle close to the Sellafield site in West Cumbria.
"As a result, police officers from Cumbria Constabulary arrested five men from London, all aged in their 20s, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
"They were taken to police custody in Carlisle overnight and are being transported to Manchester this morning.
"The investigation is being led by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit."
A statement added: "At this stage we are not aware of any connection to recent events in Pakistan."
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