A TEENAGER was yesterday re-arrested under anti-terror laws and taken for questioning along with his father on suspicion of involvement with a white supremacist group.

Nicky Davison, 18, from Grampian Court, Annfield Plain, near Stanley, County Durham, was detained by police after they raided his house at 5am on Tuesday.

He was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and taken to Consett police station for questioning.

But yesterday, he was taken to the North-East Counter Terrorism Unit at a police station in West Yorkshire.

Last night, he was in custody along with his 41-year-old father, Ian Davison, who was arrested at the same time at his house in Myrtle Grove, Burnopfield.

They are suspected of being part of a worldwide network of far right extremists associated with Nazi ideology.

Police last night refused to say which group they are involved with in case it jeopardises their investigation.

The pair are being held by police using powers of arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000.

They can be detained for 48 hours without charge but officers have been granted an extension allowing them to be held for a further seven days.

The arrests come after a long-running intelligence-led initiative to tackle extremism.

Detective Superintendent Neil Malkin, the man leading the investigation, said: “People across the force area can be reassured we are better prepared than ever before to combat the threat of terrorism, whether it stems from home or abroad.”

Police have taken a computer hard drive from former lorry driver Ian Davison’s house and forensic experts are analysing his car.

The arrests of both men have shocked their neighbours.

Ian Davison, who is unemployed, was described as a “quiet man” who seemed to be a “nice fella”. Councillor Reg Ord, who represents Burnopfield on Durham County Council, said: “People round there are totally amazed by what has happened. From what I have heard he seems like a quiet bloke.”

Mr Davison lives alone in a terraced property near Burnopfield Primary School.

His son, Nicky, who works on a milk round, lives with his mother, two brothers and sister, a few miles away. Neighbours described him as “a canny lad”.