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Saturday 11 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE

Woman convicted for terrorist USB stick

Published on 3 November 2009 - 8:56am
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A court in Manchester in the United Kingdom has sentenced a woman with dual Dutch and Moroccan nationality to two years imprisonment for possessing documents likely to be useful for terrorism,  British media report.

The Moroccan-born woman smuggled a memory stick, containing information which the British authorities described as "a mini encyclopaedia of weapons-making" into the country. Houria Chahed Chentouf was arrested at Liverpool airport when the memory stick fell out of the sleeve of her burka while she was interviewed by customs officers.

At the request of the British authorities the Dutch police searched a house in The Hague and seized documents. The woman lived in The Hague for 20 years.
 

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