Woman arrested on suspected terrorism offences as she lands at Heathrow Airport

A 21-year-old woman has been detained at London Heathrow Airport on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, the Telegraph reports, citing the local police.

The woman, from north London, was arrested as she left a flight from Istanbul, Turkey, at just after 9pm on Thursday. Officers said the arrest was Syria-related and the woman was being held at a south London police station.

The Metropolitan Police said searches two addresses in the north of the capital had been searched.