Overview

• Police said a man in his 70s and a woman in their 40s were stopped under Schedule 3 at Gatwick on 27 September, were not arrested, and were allowed to continue.
• The individuals were George Galloway and his wife, who arrived from Moscow via Abu Dhabi, according to multiple reports.
• Galloway said he and his wife were questioned for nine hours and that officers seized their phone and laptop before releasing them without charge.
• The Workers Party of Britain called the stop politically motivated intimidation and claimed it was obstructed from providing legal support.
• Schedule 3 powers allow officers to stop, question, search, detain and retain articles at UK ports to assess hostile activity, with oversight referenced by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.