Customs uncover huge arms cache

Customs officers have seized a major consignment of machine-guns and grenades destined for criminal gangs in Britain.

The weapons were found hidden in a car in a container at Felixstowe port yesterday.

A man and woman were arrested in a pre-dawn raid this morning and taken to a London police station for questioning.

Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch are dealing with the incident but it is believed to be connected to feuding crime gangs and marks a worrying escalation in the scale of weaponry involved.

The container arrived on Sunday in a ship from Holland. Part of the port was sealed off while the car and container were removed for examination.

Sources said the explosives were discovered by a special £2.5million X-ray machine designed to examine containers.

Paul Davey, spokesman for the Port of Felixstowe - which is Britain's largest container port and employs 2,500 people - said normal operations were not affected.

? Detectives have launched an investigation after a tramp sparked an alert at Heathrow airport. The man, in his fifties, was found by security officers at the baggage handling area at Terminal 3 at 4.20am today.