British officials have named and frozen the assets of nineteen of the twenty-four people being held on suspicion of plotting to blow up passenger jets flying to the United States. Police said the plan was to take liquid explosives disguised as drinks on up to ten planes with detonators hidden in electronic devices.

• London Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson: “We believe that the terrorists’ aim was to smuggle explosives onto airplanes in hand luggage and detonate these in flight. We also believe that the intended targets were flights from the United Kingdom to the United States of America.”

Those arrested are all British citizens aged seventeen to thirty-five. Most are believed to be of Pakistani origin. One of the suspects is said to be a young mother. British authorities say they’ve been investigating the suspects for about a year. Pakistan says it’s played a role in thwarting the plot. A senior government official said Pakistan arrested two Britons of Pakistani descent last week in a coordinated operation. While British authorities said all the main figures have been caught, ABC News quoted unnamed U.S. officials saying five suspects are still on the loose.