Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan 'arrested at Heathrow over posts on X'

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has said helium was arrested astatine Heathrow Airport, implicit societal media posts sharing his views connected trans rights.

Writing connected Substack, the 57-year-old said that aft flying into the UK from Arizona, helium was detained by 5 equipped officers and enactment successful a compartment earlier being questioned implicit posts published connected X successful April.

During questioning, helium said a caregiver checked connected him and recovered his humor unit had reached "stroke territory", truthful helium was taken to A&E.

A Met Police spokeswoman confirmed an apprehension was made astatine Heathrow connected Monday but did not place Linehan.

In a statement, the unit said: "On Monday 1 September astatine 1pm officers arrested a antheral astatine Heathrow Airport aft helium arrived connected an inbound American Airlines flight.

"The antheral successful his 50s was arrested connected suspicion of inciting violence. This is successful narration to posts connected X.

"After being taken to constabulary custody, officers became acrophobic for his wellness and helium was taken to hospital. His information is neither life-threatening nor life-changing.

"He has present been bailed pending further investigation."

The apprehension was made by officers from the force's Aviation Unit, the Met spokeswoman said, adding that it is regular for officers policing airports to transportation firearms.

"These were not drawn oregon utilized astatine immoderate constituent during the arrest," she said.