The man is reported to have kept the RAF Akrotiri base on the island under surveillance and is alleged to have links with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, local media reported.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are in contact with the authorities in Cyprus regarding the arrest of a British man.”
RAF Akrotiri is the UK’s most important airbase for operations in the Middle East.
The Philenews website said the man was arrested on Friday following intelligence he was planning an imminent terrorist attack.
He is alleged to have lived in a flat in Zakai, Limassol, close to Akrotiri and was observed near the base carrying a camera with a long lens and three mobile phones.
Local reports suggested he was Azerbaijani but the UK Foreign Office said they were working with the authorities over the arrest of a Briton.
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