on 09-02-2014 06:22 PM
A CONVICTED terrorist used his brother’s passport to fool Customs officers and board a flight for Syria, exposing grave security gaps at Sydney international airport.
Despite not having a passport in his name, being on airport watchlists around the country and being under 24-hour surveillance as part of a counter-terror investigation, Khaled Sharrouf walked onto a Kuala Lumpur flight under the nose of Customs on December 6 and has since disappeared.
The 31-year-old father-of-four, one of the most recognisable names in law enforcement, is one of the “terror nine” arrested in the landmark Operation Pendennis investigation in 2005 which thwarted a planned attack on an unspecified target in Sydney.
It seems all sorts of people can just come and go at random in and out of this fair land of ours (anybodys).
on 09-02-2014 06:33 PM
Who was in charge of the 24 hour surveillance?
DEB
on 09-02-2014 06:34 PM
@lloydslights wrote:Who was in charge of the 24 hour surveillance?
DEB
Nobody, apparently.
on 09-02-2014 06:35 PM
on 09-02-2014 06:36 PM
That is unbelievable isn't it?
Someone (passport control officer?) should be in BIG trouble over that.
on 09-02-2014 06:55 PM
@punch*drunk wrote:Why are we wasting money on 24 hr surveillance instead of having him locked up?
can't follow him to see if he leads us tyo any other naughty people then.
though it appears that we couldn't follow him full stop.
on 09-02-2014 07:05 PM
talk about keystone cops, geez.
on 09-02-2014 07:06 PM
possibly some palms were greased.
on 09-02-2014 07:09 PM
at least he didn't slip out on a boat
on 09-02-2014 07:12 PM
@crikey*mate wrote:at least he didn't slip out on a boat