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CID assist INTERPOL arrest
Criminal Investigation Department officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport have assisted INTERPOL in arresting a Maldivian wanted in connection with a 2007 terror bombing attack. He was arrested less than six hours after his passport triggered an INTERPOL alarm as he travelled from Pakistan to the Maldives via Sri Lanka.
Iqbal Mohamed, the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally wanted persons issued at the request of the Maldives National Central Bureau (NCB), was identified by INTERPOL’s Major Events Support Team (IMEST) deployed to Sri Lanka for the Cricket World Cup during a routine check of Colombo airport passenger manifests.
After confirming Mohamed’s identity, the IMEST liaised with Colombo International Airport CID and the NCBs in Colombo and Malé to monitor the 42-year-old’s transit and eventual arrival at Malé International airport where he was taken into custody in the early hours of Thursday 10 March.
INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble hailed the arrest as a ‘model example’ of what can be achieved through police co-operation and information sharing using INTERPOL’s global tools and resources.
As part of its support for the 2011 Cricket World Cup security arrangements, INTERPOL deployed IMESTs to all three sites - Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka - with each team providing on the ground support to national police, including conducting real-time checks of INTERPOL’s global databases.
Source: www.interpol.int
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