A British soldier has been charged with a range of terrorism offences linked to Northern Ireland, including bomb-making and keeping an arsenal of explosives and weapons, police said on Friday (Sept 2).
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A 30-year-old serving British naval officer in the United Kingdom was today charged with terror offences by a court here for carrying out research of articles, including of chemicals and components, to make bombs for use in terrorism.
A statement said he had allegedly collected “chemicals and components to be use in the manufacture of explosive substances, the construction of explosive devices” and also faced charges of “manufacturing explosive substances” and “constructing explosive devices”.
He was remanded in custody after a three-minute hearing and ordered to return to the court again on Monday (September 5).
He arrived at Westminster Magistrates Court shortly after 15:00 BST.
He was arrested in Somerset last week after searches in Larne and Devon areas of the UK.
He is accused of stashing, manufacturing and constructing explosive devices between January 2011 and August 2016.
Ciaran Maxwell, 30, of Exminster, Devon, is accused of stashing explosives and weapons in objective built caches in England and Northern Ireland. Service personnel who come from Northern Ireland are…
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Property searches in Exminster are now complete, while searches at New Powderham Plantation in Devon will continue into next week.
