REMEMBER WHEN

GOLD COAST BULLETIN Wednesday July 4, 2007

A MOBILE phone SIM card was believed to have led to the arrest of a Gold Coast Hospital doctor over the London and Glasgow bomb plots.

Mohamed Haneef, 27, of Southport, was being questioned by Australian Federal Police.

AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty said no charges had been laid and Dr Haneef was cooperating.

“We are alleging that Dr Haneef was connected to a terrorist group,” said Mr Keelty.

A Brisbane magistrate allowed the AFP to detain Haneef for a further 12 hours.

The Indian-born Muslim was arrested at Brisbane airport after buying a one-way ticket to Delhi, via Malaysia.

Police raided Dr Haneef’s unit in Pohlman Street, Southport, and confiscated computers and documents, which are being translated from Arabic to English.

There were also reports that a search of Dr Haneef’s car yielded two computers and maps of London.

Another Gold Coast Hospital doctor, Mohamed Asif Ali, 26, was also questioned after his flat was raided - but Mr Keelty said he was only assisting with inquiries and was not a subject of the investigation.

Sources at the hospital said Dr Haneef had booked holidays which coincided with the UK attacks.

However, it soon became clear that Dr Haneef was not at all connected with the terrorist attack and that Mr Keelty’s allegations were unfounded.

Dr Haneef’s visa was cancelled and he was deported to India.

He later won compensation from the Federal Government.