AKIPRESS.COM - Three British teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey and arrested have been released on bail, Scotland Yard says.

Two boys aged 17 from north-west London and a man aged 19 were flown back to the UK on Saturday night, the Met said.

They were arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts and have been bailed pending further inquiries.

UK police alerted Turkish officials after a tip off from the younger teenagers' parents, the Times has said.

Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers were initially made aware that the two 17-year-old boys had gone missing and were believed to be travelling to Syria on Friday.

The parents of the boys contacted police when the pair did not return home after Friday prayers, according to the Times.

Further enquiries revealed they had travelled with a third man, UK police said.