British man held over plan to join IS

Another British teen has been arrested over Syria- related terror offences. An 18-year-old from Birmingham was detained on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to join militant group Islamic State, West Midlands Police said.

He was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at home in Hodge Hill at 7am, in what police said was a pre-planned and intelligence-led operation. It follows the arrest of a 19-year-old man and two 17-year-old boys from north-west London on Saturday, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

The three were stopped by officials in Turkey as they tried to travel to Syria and returned to the UK over the weekend. They have been bailed while investigations continue. The families of two of the three teenagers arrested reportedly raised the alarm to police, leading to the trio being detained by the Turkish authorities.

On Friday police were made aware the two younger boys had gone missing and were believed to be travelling to Syria. Inquiries revealed they had travelled with a third person, the 19-year-old.

An international manhunt was launched a few weeks ago to find three London schoolgirls who went to Istanbul on their journey to Syria.