“Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys have been used for radicalization training. These people do turn up and take part in seemingly ordinary activities, but they do have an ulterior motive,” Detective Constable Gareth Jones said, as quoted by Wales Online.
Jones, who made his remarks speaking to the Ceredigion County Council, underscored that terrorism issues also affect rural regions, and noted the importance of investigating tips from the public.
“It really is vital that if any intelligence comes from the community that we look at it. We don’t want that intelligence to drop off,” he said.
In 2010, a group of young al-Qaeda-inspired men were arrested for plotting terrorist attacks on the United Kingdom, after being photographed holding secret meetings in Wales.
Two of the terrorists behind the 2005 London Underground bombings also met in rural Wales, weeks before carrying out the attacks.
