Trio Arrested in Denmark for Suspected Terror Plot

Three people were arrested in Copenhagen on Friday suspected of planning a "terrorist act", Danish intelligence agency PET said.

A 22-year-old Jordanian citizen and a 23-year-old Turkish citizen -- both Danish residents -- as well as a Dane living in Egypt, are "suspected of being illegally in possession of automatic weapons and munitions and are also suspected of preparing a terrorist act," the agency said in a statement.

No details of the alleged planned attack were disclosed.

The three were arrested at two addresses in greater Copenhagen.

"Raids were also conducted in connection with the arrests at several addresses in the Copenhagen area," PET said.

The trio was to appear before a Copenhagen court on Saturday for a custody hearing, police said.

PET said it was collaborating with police on the case.

Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet reported meanwhile in its online edition that police had seized three cars in the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev in an action it said was linked to the terrorism case.

"Police officers in bullet-proof vests have just seized three cars in Herlev and a large police operation is underway in Valby," a neighborhood outside the Danish capital, the paper said.

Friday's arrests come as four other people are currently on trial in Denmark for "attempted terrorism" for allegedly plotting to massacre the staff of a Danish newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.