Helen Street police station

Police office: one of several Strathclyde Police buildings on Helen Street

Govan police station at Edmiston Drive/Helen Street junction

Helen Street police station, also known as Govan police station, in Govan, Glasgow, is the most secure police station in Scotland. It is used for example for detaining suspects arrested under the Terrorism Act.

The fortified station is operated by Police Scotland, and is the base of the Major Crime and Terrorism Investigation Unit.

Suspected criminals detained and questioned at Govan

• Bilal Abdulla, arrested after the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
• Andy Coulson, Conservative Party political strategist and Downing Street Director of Communications under Prime Minister David Cameron, charged with perjury during HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
• Nazzedine Menni, the only person to be charged in connection with the 2010 Stockholm bombings
• Mohammed Atif Siddique

See also

• Paddington Green Police Station
• Anti-terrorism legislation
  • Terrorism Acts