{{A woman has been arrested at Heathrow Airport in UK on suspicion of conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation (FGM).}}
The 38-year-old was arrested at 18:30 BST on 8 May after she arrived at the west London airport on a flight from Sierra Leone.
A 13-year-old Sierra-Leonean girl travelling with the woman was taken into the care of social services.
The woman, who was born in Sierra Leone, is being held in custody at a west London police station.
Officers said the teenage girl was a relative of the arrested woman, but they were not disclosing how they were related.
A Nigerian woman, who officers believe could be a victim of trafficking, was also taken into the care of social services. Her age has not been established but she is believed to be about 18 or 19 years of age, police said.
An investigation has been launched by the Border Force into the suspected trafficking, which is not related to the FGM offences.
{{‘Child abuse’}}
The arrests follow a week-long initiative by the Met Police, Border Force and National Crime Agency at Heathrow Airport aimed at preventing and detecting FGM.
BBC
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