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Paddington Green Police Station


Coordinates: 51°31′13.5″N 0°10′17.25″W / 51.520417°N 0.1714583°W / 51.520417; -0.1714583

Paddington Green Police Station is located in Paddington, central London, England. The station is operated by the Metropolitan Police Service, and is a conventional police station, open to members of the public from 08:00 - 18:00, from Monday to Sunday. It also serves as the most important high-security station in the United Kingdom. This is because prisoners suspected of terrorism are held at the station for questioning. The building is a typical 1960s office block, but underneath the station are sixteen cells located below ground level, which have a separate custody suite from the building's other cells. Building work was completed in 1971.

High-profile terrorist suspects arrested across the UK are often taken to Paddington Green Police Station for interrogation, and holding until escorted to a Court of Law. Suspects who have been held there include members of the IRA, the British nationals released from Guantanamo Bay, and the 21 July 2005 London bombers.

On 10 October 1992, a bomb was exploded in a phone box outside the police station, injuring one person.


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