Terror suspect remains in custody

Police raided the property at 0600 BST on Monday

The immigration service is still holding a man detained in Cardiff as a threat to national security.

The man was detained at Thornhill Street, in the Canton area of the city following a raid at 0600 BST on Monday.

He was one of five people detained during raids on Monday in south Wales, the West Midlands and London.

The Home Office confirmed on Tuesday that the five were being held at the high-security Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire.

'National security'

On Monday, the Home Office said the man from Cardiff, believed to be a foreign national, was facing deportation because his presence was "not conducive to the public good".

A Home Office spokesman confirmed that "the Immigration Service detained five individuals in accordance with the home secretary's powers to deport individuals whose presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good for reasons of national security".

He added: "They will be held in secure prison service accommodation and we will not disclose their names."

City councillor Ramesh Patel said he was shocked by the arrest.

"You never expect something like this to happen on your own doorstep, but if we look at it very carefully we are a capital city and at some point we are going to get targeted," he said.

You just don't imagine it's going to happen - it's always going to happen somewhere else and not on your doorstep Neighbour Liz Coombes

A South Wales Police spokesman said officers had supported the Immigration Service in the raid.

Near neighbour Michael Hart told the BBC: "At 6 o'clock this morning I looked out the window and there was a police van parked across the road.

"I looked to my right and there were two policeman guarding the lane, alongside my house.

"I thought there was trouble in the pub. I got dressed, went out and said: 'What's going on?' The policeman said: 'We can't tell you at the moment.'"

Mr Hart also described how he later saw two low-loaders take away cars belonging to the detained man.

Another neighbour, Liz Coombes, said she found it "unbelievable" the detained man had been living in her street.

"You just don't imagine it's going to happen. It's always going to happen somewhere else and not on your doorstep. It's quite unbelievable really."

Monday's detentions bring to 22 the number who have been detained across the UK since July under the Immigration Act 1971 as part of a crackdown on terrorists and their supporters in the wake of the 7 July suicide bombings in London.

The act gives powers to deport individuals and to detain them pending deportation.

A detailed search has taken place at the property and a car has been taken from the street for examination.