Dutch police investigating a terror threat that prompted the cancellation of a concert by an American rock band in Rotterdam have arrested a 22-year-old man.
Spokesman Roland Ekkers says the man was detained by a team in the province of Brabant, a sprawling region south of Rotterdam.
"He is in custody and will be questioned about the threat in Rotterdam," police said in a statement, adding that they conducted a thorough search of his home.
Meanwhile, police said the driver of a Spain-registered white van carrying a number of gas canisters that was stopped on Wednesday night close to the Maassilo concert venue - where the band Allah-Las had been due to perform - is unlikely to be a suspect in the threat probe.
In a statement, police said the man was possibly drunk and will be questioned later on Thursday.
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Explosives experts checked his van and found nothing suspicious beyond the gas canisters, according to the police statement.
A search of the man's home "uncovered no link with the terror threat ... at the Maassilo," police said. "The man, a repair man, had an explanation for the gas canisters that will be investigated today."
The performance by the Los Angeles band in Rotterdam was called off on Wednesday night after Spanish authorities tipped Dutch police about a possible threat to the concert.
