Bear in mind this is a right wing newspaper with an anti-migrant bias misrepresenting the story for its audience. The police are looking for signs of violence being planned; nothing to do with free speech. An alternative view : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/27/police-unit-...
But UK police do routinely arrest and jail people for social media posts that would classify as free speech in sane countries, including skepticism of mass migration.