Central agencies probe arrested Lankan’s IS links
Two days after the anti-fake passport team of Central Crime Branch arrested a Sri Lankan national at Chennai airport and seized methamphetamine drug worth Rs 20,000, the central agencies are digging into the background of S Sahabdeen (55) to know if has any links with IS.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-03-05 21:16 GMT
Chennai
Sahabdeen had been staying in Mannadi for over five years and has been previously arrested by Lankan police as well Narcotics Control Bureau sleuths for smuggling narcotics, the police said. When arrested, he was carrying methamphetamine, fake voter ID and PAN card and four fake passports CCB.
Sources said Sahabdeen had been involved in smuggling of brown sugar from Mumbai to Lanka since 1991. He was arrested by Sri Lankan police in 1999. NCB booked him for smuggling in 2002 and arrested him in 2009. Released from Puzhal in 2012, Sahabdeen obtained Indian passport in the name Ibrahim through forged documents in 2017. His visits to gulf countries and WhatsApp use for making calls prompted the central agencies to check his background to know if he had any links with IS.
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