South African police arrested Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, early Wednesday on allegations he was involved in a plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, police said. Police spokesman Sipho Ngwema said Thatcher, 51, was arrested at his Cape Town home and could be charged with violation of the Foreign Military Assistance Act. He was expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court later in the day to be formally charged, Ngwema said. "We have evidence, credible evidence, and information that he was involved in the attempted coup," said Ngwema. "We refuse that South Africa be a springboard for coups in Africa and elsewhere."
