A man arriving in the UK on a flight from Turkey has been arrested on suspicion of terror-related crime.

The 30-year-old was detained by the Metropolitan Police's counter-terror squad as he stepped off the plane, from Istanbul to Heathrow, on Thursday evening.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said the man had been arrested on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts and terrorist training.

The 30-year-old was detained by the Metropolitan Police's counter-terror squad as he stepped off the plane, from Istanbul to Heathrow, on Thursday evening

The suspect remains in custody at a south London police station, while officers search a property in the east of the capital.

A spokesman for the force said: 'Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) have this evening - Thursday May 4 - arrested a 30-years-old man at London Heathrow Airport as he disembarked a flight from Istanbul, Turkey.

'The man has been arrested on suspicion for preparing for terrorist acts and terrorist training contrary to section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

'He has been taken to a south London police station where he is detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE).

'Officers are at present searching a residential address in east London.'