Scotland Yard announced on Thursday that it had arrested six people in a series of raids in the British capital. One residential address raided was near the Olympic Park, but police said there was no tie to the Games.

British police carried out a string of raids in London on Thursday morning, arresting six men aged 18 to 30. Scotland Yard referred to the action as a pre-planned anti-terror operation, also saying that the arrests were not connected to the Olympic Games, which begin on July 27 in London.