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Police Arrest Suspected Terrorist

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 Source: Chronicle

The Ghana Police have arrested a man suspected of being a terrorist at Bimbilla in the Nortehrn Region.

The suspect claims he is a Lebanese.

The man, Mohammed Fald Dagher, also known as Dagher Mohammed, Tommy Dagher, and Ahmed Burgi, was charged with possessing fake French police identity card number 05606 issued in Paris.

He gave his age as 40. His plea was not taken when he was arraigned before court last week, and he was whisked off into BNI custody, pending a thorough investigation into his background.

The court, presided over by Mrs. Anderson-Yeboah, asked the prosecution to contact the Lebanon Embassy in Ghana to authenticate the nationality claims of the suspect.

Chief Inspector Benedicta Akolgo, prosecuting, told the court that the suspect was arrested at Bimbilla in the Northern Region of Ghana on September 29, on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group.

Further hearing was fixed for Monday, this week at the same court.

There is currently a worldwide search for the suspects in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the Pentagon and the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in America.

Source: Chronicle