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Man arrested at Heathrow following deportation from Turkey

A 26-year-old man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of Syria-related terror offences, just hours after Turkey confirmed it had deported a British ISIS suspect.

The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command said a 26-year-old British man was arrested on arrival at Heathrow on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, adding that the unidentified suspect remained in police custody and the arrest was ‘Syria-related’. To date, no other details have been disclosed, although Turkey has announced that a Briton was among eight ISIS suspects it had deported as part of a controversial push to repatriate foreign ISIS suspects held in Turkish jails.

The Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases, although its standing policy is that any Briton who returns to the UK from having taken part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq must expect to be investigated by police and could be prosecuted.

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