ANTI-TERROR police who swooped on two homes in the area are quizzing two brothers.

Abu Abdullah and Musa Ahmet are two of the 14 men arrested across south east London over the weekend.

Detectives have been keeping a close guard over Mr Abdullah's home in Rangefield Road, Downham, and Mr Ahmet's house in Prince John Road, Eltham.

Mr Abdullah, 42, is a close associate of hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza who is serving seven years in Belmarsh Prison, Thamesmead, for race hate and terror offences.

Mr Abdullah was arrested moments after leaving a Chinese restaurant in Borough on Friday night.

Mr Ahmet, a father-of-four, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning at his three-bedroom semi-detached house.

The men were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Of the 14 men arrested, officers received extra time to question eleven of the men until Friday and the other three until Wednesday.

A neighbour said he saw Mr Abdullah at his brother's house on several occasions and as recently as September 1.

He said: "I did some plastering work at Musa's house and his brother was there.

"He was preaching to me, saying I should embrace Allah and he would change my life for the better and could do wonderful things for me.

"He was going on at me constantly about it but in the end I said to him, Look, I'm happy with my life as it is.' "He was very overbearing about being a Muslim but Musa was not at all like that.

"I would say Musa is more westernised than his brother. He's a lovely guy."

The arrests follow months of undercover surveillance from Scotland Yard and MI5.

It has been reported investigators suspect the 14 men arrested - including Mr Abdullah and Mr Ahment - could be linked to a suspected al-Qaeda training camp in east Sussex.

It has also been suggested the men were involved in a terror plot to take out a London landmark, although this claim has not been substantiated by the Met.

Around 10 officers were present at Mr Ahmet's Eltham home on Monday. At 11.55am an officer was seen removing two black bin liners from the house.

According to residents, nobody has been allowed into the house since the arrest, including Mr Ahmet's children, aged 20, 19, 15 and 13.

Reece Osborn, 15, is friends with one of Mr Ahmet's children.

He said: "I'm good mates with Khan Abraham, he's around 15. They're a sound family. He never mentioned a mum, but I know he lived there with his dad. I'd be shocked if he had anything to do with terrorism."

Greek-born Dimidrious Stefanidi, 33, who has lived in Katherine Gardens for a year, said: "It's very scary living here and wondering what is going on.

"There are police everywhere and everyone is gossiping about what is going on."

Around eight officers were at Mr Abdullah's house in Downham on Monday.

Thirty-six-year-old Kaday Kamara, who lives two doors away, said: "I did not see him all the time but he would always say hello'.

"I'm surprised and shocked about what has happened."