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10 Jul 2012 - A suspected terror group allegedly planned to attack an English Defence League march with a pipe bomb, guns and machetes, a court heard. A car was stopped by police on June 30 on the MI near Sheffield in a routine check and impounded on suspicion of having no insurance. Earlier that day, the EDL had held a demonstration in nearby Dewsbury. Three men appeared in court yesterday charged with the preparation of terrorism acts. Another four men continue to be questioned by police. Jewel Uddin 26, Omar Mohammed Khan, 27, and Mohammed Hasseen, 23, all from Birmingham, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday. Dressed in black sweatshirts and dark trousers, they spoke only to confirm their names and ages. The court heard how on June 30 police impounded a Renault Laguna after it was stopped on the M1 motorway heading south. A routine search two days later at the pound allegedly unearthed sawn off shotguns, the makings of a pipebomb containing ball bearings and nails and a cache of swords, knives and machetes. There was also a note that allegedly described the EDL as the "enemies of Allah". The three men were arrested the day after the discovery in the car. They remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on July 31. Four other men were also arrested last week and remain in custody. Officers have until Wednesday to charge, release or apply for a warrant of further detention for three of them. The fourth man can be held until Thursday.