By BETH GARDINER
Associated Press Writer
NORTHOLT, England (AP)--Police arrested five Britons as they returned to England late Tuesday from more than two years in U.S. military detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The five were among nine Britons whose captivity at the U.S. military prison had proved a sticking point between the warm allies for more than two years.
The Royal Air Force C17 landed Tuesday night at Northolt Royal Air Force Base west of London. Armored police vans awaited the flight and took the prisoners away.
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