Posted on 06/22/2002 3:25:05 AM PDT by Clive
MONTREAL (CP) -- A man with suspected links to a criminal organization in Europe that is alleged to have plotted to blow up a U.S. embassy has been arrested by Canada's new anti-terrorist squad.
Adel Tobbichi, 34, was arrested Friday as the result of an extradition request from Holland, the RCMP said in a statement.
Tobbichi, of Algerian origin, is alleged by Dutch police to have altered passports and other documents and provided them to an organization planning to bomb the United States embassy in Paris.
Police were tipped off by another man who is currently being detained in Belgium.
Tobbichi's residence was also searched.
The arrest was made by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which was set up in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The unit, which has offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa, includes investigators and intelligence analysts from the RCMP, the Quebec and Ontario provincial police and major metropolitan police departments.
It also works closely with agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, customs and immigration and international police agencies.
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