AN activist who led several aid convoys from Bolton to Syria has been arrested on suspicion of having child porn and sexually assaulting a teenager.
Kasim Jameel, aged 33, of Farnworth, was arrested today on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman and possessing an indecent image of a child.
He is now being questioned in police custody.
Mr Jameel has been leading aid convoys to Syria since 2012.
He embarked on a 4,000 mile journey to the war-torn country in December in a convoy of 20 vehicles.
The convoy transported life-saving medical equipment to a hospital in Idlib, in north-western Syria.
Items sent included defibrillators, stethoscopes and oxygen concentrate.
In March last year he was among volunteers from Bolton who travelled to Syria in ex-NHS vehicles.
Mr Jameel, who runs a car hire and taxi service business, speaking to The Bolton News last year, said: “Each time I go back there (to Syria) it gets worse and there is a desperate need for humanitarian aid.
“They have no shoes, no clothes and hardly any food. They’ve got nothing.”
A police spokesman said: “A man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation.
“The 33-year-old man was arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman and possessing an indecent image of a child.
“He remains in police custody for questioning. Enquiries are continuing.”
- The charges against Mr Jameel have since been dropped. Read more about this here.
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