Britain Arrests Another Terror Suspect

British police on Tuesday arrested one more suspect in the alleged plot to bomb U.S.-bound airliners, the first arrest since the plot was foiled last week.

The announcement came after police said they raided two Internet cafes near the homes of some suspects and a news report said officers may have found a rifle and a pistol in a search of woodlands in the same area.

Travelers still faced problems at Britain's main airports, where flight delays and cancellations exacerbated confusion over shifting rules on hand luggage.

London's Metropolitan police said the latest suspect was detained around noon in the Thames Valley area just west of London. They offered no more details, including the person's gender or identity.

"A suspect has been arrested in connection with the investigation and is in custody in the Thames Valley area," a spokeswoman said, speaking on condition of anonymity to comply with department rules.

The developments came after several days of near silence from British officials, who had announced Thursday that they foiled the planned terror attack by arresting 24 people around the country. Police have released little information since then.

But CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports that one of the suspects, Tayib Rauf, was caught on closed circuit TV, unaware the police were also watching, just two hours before he was arrested last week. The video was shot around midnight, when Rauf was in a Birmingham grocery store chatting with the staff and collecting a payment for delivery of his family's baked goods.

The shop owner, Abid Hussein said: "He's not the sort of person, who, you know, is going to blow himself up at 2 o'clock in the morning."

But now the Rauf family that is now at the center of the investigation. Their home has been sealed off and police have taken away bags of documents and computer hard drives.

Under British law, authorities have until Wednesday to provide some details of their evidence. They are scheduled to do so when a judge holds a closed-door hearing to decide whether to extend detention for 23 suspects. One suspect was released without charge Friday.

The two Internet cafes were raided Thursday in central Slough, 25 miles west of London, not far from the High Wycombe neighborhood where several suspects were arrested, Thames Valley police said.

Police said they had increased their presence in Slough, and urged people to stay calm.

"There is no intelligence to suggest that there is any specific terrorist threat to anyone in this area," Chief Superintendent Brian Langston said.

Langston didn't say if police found anything in their search. Nargis Janjua, co-owner of the One World Internet Cafe, said officers arrived Thursday afternoon and removed 25 computers from her shop and loaded them into a van.

"They told us they were watching for days and weeks before," she said, adding that she had no idea why police were suspicious of activities in the shop.

The British Broadcasting Corp. said a search of woods in High Wycombe turned up several firearms and other items of interest. It was not clear if they were tied to the alleged plot, which authorities say involved plans to smuggle liquid explosives hidden in hand luggage aboard airplanes.

Investigations are also under way in Pakistan, where officials are holding 17 people, including British citizen Rashid Rauf, who they said has al Qaeda connections and was a key player in the plot. At least one of Rauf's brothers was arrested in England.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said the country might extradite Rauf to Britain, but had not yet been asked. "We do not have any extradition treaty at the moment but yes, because he is a British national, the possibility of his extradition remains there," ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.

An official in Britain's Home Office said Rauf could come home within days, and there was likely to be further requests to extradite other British nationals in coming days. At least one other British citizen is being held in Pakistan, officials in Islamabad have said.

In London, Conservative Party leader David Cameron accused the Labour Party government of talking tough but doing little to counter extremism and boost counterterrorism efforts.

He said Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to follow through on a plan unveiled after last year's deadly London transit bombings to crack down on radical clerics and help moderate Muslims face down militants in their communities.

"We need follow-through when the headlines have moved on," Cameron said. "But precious little has actually been done."

France's interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, warned his countrymen that they are under threat, too.

"The terrorist threat is high and permanent," Sarkozy said on France-2 television. "It is absolutely out of the question to let down our guard."

He planned to visit London on Wednesday for talks with counterparts from several nations about the plot uncovered in Britain.

In the United States, President Bush on Tuesday hailed the disruption of the terror plot, saying that because of the counterterrorism efforts of the United States and its allies, "America is safer than it has been, yet it is not yet safe."

Security rules were eased at London's airports. Passengers were allowed a single, briefcase-sized bag as a carry on and were also permitted to have mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices. Cosmetics, gels, toothpaste, liquids and sharp objects remained forbidden.

In a form of compensation, or perhaps just sympathy, some travelers will find a consolation gift when they pick up Avis Rent A Car vehicles in the nation's major airports. Some hotel chains also are giving guests expanded offerings of free toiletries when they check in, as companies move quickly to soothe harried travelers and earn some good will with freebies.

Despite the changes, problems persisted. British Airways canceled a fifth of its flights from London, the same as on Monday. BA cut 52 flights, including four bound for the United States. Budget airline Ryanair canceled eight flights out of Stansted airport.

Defense Secretary Des Browne said new security requirements were being developed for airports, but declined to say what the measures might be.

The Times newspaper said officials were considering a system of passenger profiling that would select people behaving suspiciously, having an unusual travel pattern or being of certain ethnic or religious backgrounds.

Leaders in the Muslim community criticized the latter idea, saying it would further isolate British Muslims.

"There is concern that such profiling would perhaps only contribute to further alienating a group whose close co-operation is essential in countering terror," said Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain.

Investigators in London and Pakistan were also following a money trail that's likely to lead to more arrests in the foiled plot. CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar said the trail begins in the rubble of last year's earthquake in Pakistan and bears the fingerprints of al Qaeda.

Moved by the plight of the victims, mosques and charities around the world raised millions of dollars. Much of it was spent legitimately — but for months, as the suspected liquid bomb plotters were under surveillance, terror-financing investigators in Britain and Pakistan watched them make suspicious bank transfers.

"We know that there are charities who claim that they were doing a lot of work and they raise millions of pounds," said Nasir Ahmed a respected British Pakistani businessman and member of the House of Lords. "That money hasn't done there, so where has it gone."