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Helen Street police station, also known as Govan police station, in the Craigton (greater

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) district of

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, is the most

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in Scotland. It is used for example for detaining suspects arrested under the Terrorism Act. The fortified station, situated just south of the M8 motorway, is operated by

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, and is the base of the Major Crime and Terrorism Investigation Unit for Scotland. It was built on the site of

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, used for

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and

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until the 1970s.

Suspected criminals detained and questioned at Govan

* Bilal Abdulla, arrested after the

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, Conservative Party political strategist and

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Director of Communications under Prime Minister David Cameron, charged with

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during

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* Nazzedine Menni, the only person charged in connection with the

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Suspected criminals detained and questioned at Govan

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