Mohammed Dahlan
Photo: Shaul Golan
Dahlan leaves West Bank for Jordan
Palestinian forces raid ex-Fatah member's Ramallah home, confiscate unregistered weapons
A Fatah official said Thursday that a member expelled from the movement, Mohammed Dahlan, has left the Palestinian territories and returned to Jordan.
A source from the Palestinian security forces added that a large illegal weapons cache was confiscated during a raid on Dahlan's home in Ramallah, as well as thousands of unregistered bullets found on his guards.
The official said Dahlan and his entourage were delayed at the border crossing, but this report could not be confirmed.
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AFP reported Thursday that scores of Palestinian police lit upon the home of Dahlan, who is under investigation for murder and corruption.
Witnesses in Ramallah's Al-Tirah neighborhood said a large number of police and security forces had surrounded his home at 7:00 am before forcing their way in and arresting around 10 of his bodyguards.
They were also seen removing weapons, files and computers from his house, as well as the former internal security minister's two bullet-proof cars.
Dahlan, who continues to hold parliamentary immunity as an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was understood to have been locked in a room of his house while security forces conducted the searches.
A neighbor told AFP he heard security forces checking weapons in the house. "I heard loud noises of weapons being checked and examined and I think they were weapons that were confiscated from Dahlan's house and they were being checked to make sure they did not have bullets in them," he said.
Last month, Dahlan was expelled from the ruling body of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party over allegations of financial corruption and murder.
The raid was launched a day after officials at the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) said they had decided to refer his case to the attorney general and the anti-corruption commission.
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