UK Police Bail Terror Suspect

British police on Saturday bailed a 22-year-old man who was arrested this week on suspicion of terrorism offences as he attempted to board a flight to Turkey, a well-traveled route to Syria.

The unnamed man was arrested on Wednesday at Luton airport, north of London, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation of acts to commit terrorism.

Officers searched a property in west London and the man, who was due to fly to Istanbul, was taken to a south London police station for questioning. 

Scotland Yard said on Saturday that he had been bailed to a date in mid-August pending further inquiries.

Hundreds if not thousands of Westerners have joined the groups fighting President Bashar Assad's regime in Syria over the past three years, many travelling there by road from Turkey.

Richard Barrett, the former head of counter-terrorism at the MI6 overseas security agency, said last week that as many as 500 people may have gone from Britain to fight, with some now joining a militant offensive in Iraq.