A Bradford man was due in Court today on terrorism charges after a police operation which spanned West Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Three men were to appear at London's Bow Street Magistrates Court charged with possessing two handguns and a machine gun after a search last weekend by anti-terrorist police.

James Moloney, aged 44, a concreter of Napier Road, off Leeds Road, Bradford Moor, Bradford, Robert Naylor, 48, unemployed, of Morecambe, Lancashire, and Benjamin Wilson, 35, a salesman from Morecambe, were charged with possession of money for terrorist purposes; possession of guns, silencers and ammunition for terrorist purposes; conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life; and possession of two handguns, two silencers and a machine gun.

Wilson and Moloney were also charged with possession of ammunition without a certificate and Naylor was charged with selling ammunition, not being a registered dealer.