Heroic Syrian refugees 'turn down £1,000 bribe and tie up most wanted terrorist who plotted airport bombing'

This is the astonishing moment three Syrian refugees found one of the world's most wanted terror suspects.

Jaber Albakr, 22, was named as the prime suspect by police in German over an alleged ISIS-backed plot to bomb an airport.

A SWAT team raided a flat in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, on Saturday morning and found 1.5kilos of explosives and an almost-complete suicide vest.

But the terrorist had already fled, forcing police to conduct a frenzied international manhunt.

But on Sunday evening, police in Leipzig received a call to tell them they had suspect Albakr handcuffed and ready for collection.

According to German newspaper Bild, Albakr had posted in a Facebook group for Syrian refugees asking for a place to stay.

Three young men took him in but became suspicious when he asked for a haircut.

One of them had experience as a barber, so shaved his head for him.

Albakr told them he was a fellow refugee and was looking for a job in the city but by Sunday evening they didn't believe him.

When he went to sleep, they posted his picture on Facebook asking if others believed he was the wanted terrorist.

Once convinced, they tied and gagged him before he could escape.

Albakr reportedly offered the refugees more than 1,000 Euros for his freedom, but they declined.

One of the refugees, who have not been named for fear of reprisals by the Islamic State, told Bild: "I fled from Syria over the Balkans. I am so grateful to Germany, that it has taken us - it was very clear that we go to the police."The first raid in Saxony began when terrified residents were whisked out of their homes and bussed to safety as highly-trained anti-terror cops attempted to close the net on their main suspect.

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They finally launched a raid on the home, in the Fritz-Heckert-Gebiet housing estate, in the early afternoon - using explosives to blast a door down as armed officers flooded in.

But no one was found.

Saxony Police tweeted: "We are currently carry a large-scale operation on suspicion of preparing a bomb attack.

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"The explosion heard was an access measure of the police. A relevant person could not be found."

Police immediately launched a manhunt and released an image and the full name of their main suspect, who is thought to have been under surveillance by security forces for some time.