Man On Terror Watch List Arrested In Bank

**10-42Adam** · 11-04-06, 08:24 AM

UPPER DARRY, Pa. -- Red flags went up when a man tried to withdraw thousands of dollars from an Upper Darby bank.

Police said he had a Pakistani passport that had been tampered with, a fake driver's license and a fake Social Security card.

Police said they were investigating whether the man was connected to terrorism.

The man went into a Commerce Bank Wednesday and withdrew $8,700. He returned the same day to take out another $9,700.

That's when he was arrested.

The man gave identification with the name Shahid Batti. But he did not look like the man in the photo IDs.

He then told police his name was Raza Hussain and his date of birth was Jan. 1, 1962.

That information came up on a terrorist watch list.

"We don't know if we're looking at a money laundering scheme, an identity theft scheme. We don't know if there's any type of terrorist activity here, but certainly this requires a good depth investigation," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

The man was being held Friday night on $100,000 bail while police tried to sort it all out.

Sounds like a nice catch to me...

**BigDawg** · 11-04-06, 09:01 AM

Wow good catch!!!!

I conducted a traffic stop one night in a small rural town. There were three occupants in the vehicle. I dont remember why but ended up running the driver in NCIC and a message pops up to caal Homeland Security and not to release this person. So dispatch calls the number listed. All they wanted was all the information, where he was, who was with him, why was he stopped, would there be an arrest, etc etc. When it was done we asked if HS wanted us to detain him for them and they said no we just need to track his movements. This happened like a yr after 9/11. It was kind of weird, and a bit frightening I didnt know who he was or what he might have done, but I did know I was alone and my back-up was a good 20-30 minutes away from me.

Anybody else ever experience this type of thing??

**10-42Adam** · 11-04-06, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by BigDawg3533

Wow good catch!!!!

I conducted a traffic stop one night in a small rural town. There were three occupants in the vehicle. I dont remember why but ended up running the driver in NCIC and a message pops up to caal Homeland Security and not to release this person. So dispatch calls the number listed. All they wanted was all the information, where he was, who was with him, why was he stopped, would there be an arrest, etc etc. When it was done we asked if HS wanted us to detain him for them and they said no we just need to track his movements. This happened like a yr after 9/11. It was kind of weird, and a bit frightening I didnt know who he was or what he might have done, but I did know I was alone and my back-up was a good 20-30 minutes away from me.

Anybody else ever experience this type of thing??

Wow. That could definitely be an alarming situation. Where I'm from backup is never more than 10 minutes away...hopefully...