Disgruntled in Wales
“On September 30, 2010, less than 12 weeks before 25-year-old Miah, of Ninian Park Road, Cardiff, was arrested for his part in the London bomb plot, he was arrested by South Wales Police after trying to apply for a renewed taxi driver’s licence. That day, a man tried to renew a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in the name of Isaac Ilyas at the Vale of Glamorgan’s Civic Offices in Barry. But the photo ID he offered as part of his application raised questions, show council reports.
The individual then said he was Ibraheem Umayr, who had adopted his brother’s identity to obtain a taxi licence. But then the Criminal Records Bureau told the council’s licensing officers his fingerprints would need to be compared with those held on the Police National Computer.
At this Mr Umayr abruptly withdrew his application and requested a refund. But suspicious officers then established that his true identity was Abdul Miah, and he was interviewed in a Cardiff custody suite. On December 20, Miah, who was being monitored under police bail for the fraud offence, was arrested in the Welsh capital with four other men – two of whom were later released without charge.
While being held on remand for terror charges last year, Miah appeared at Cardiff Magistrates Court via video link and was found guilty of fraud. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months in relation to fraud.”
The paper then went on to point out how cab drivers have access to all manner of places, just a matter of showing a cab badge and driving a cab will allow cab drivers into power stations, transport interchanges and all sorts of places terrorists would seemingly just love to go and party. I know terrorists are very probably stupid, but the thought occurs if they want access to these places, they won’t actually bother trying to obtain a taxi or private hire license to do so.
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