Five ‘terror’ suspects that are believed to have ties to the terrorists who conducted the Brussels and Paris attacks, were arrested in the UK on Friday. West Midlands police said that three men and one woman were arrested in the central city of Birmingham on Thursday night and one man was arrested a London’s Gatwick Airport early on Friday. NBC News reports: A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police would not say specifically whether the detentions were linked to arrests in France and Belgium relating to the Brussels and Paris attacks, only telling NBC News that they had “followed on from recent arrests in Europe.” However, U.S. counterterrorism officials tell NBC News that some of those arrested appear to have ties to those responsible for the Brussels and Paris attacks. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a British security source told NBC News security consultant Duncan Gardham that Mohamed Abrini, the man prosecutors say confessed to being the so-called “Man in White” who was among the Brussels airport bombers, was the main focus of the British investigation. Abrini traveled to Birmingham in the summer of 2015, according to Interpol. Rohit Kachroo, security editor for NBC News’ British partner ITV News, also tweeted that the [...]