Palestinian police raid home of former Gaza security chief

Palestinian police Thursday, July 28, 2011 raided the Ramallah home of ex-strongman Dahlan Scores of Palestinian police on Thursday raided the Ramallah home of former Gaza security chief Mohammad Dahlan who is under investigation for murder and corruption. Witnesses in Ramallah's Al Tirah neighbourhood said a large number of police and security forces had surrounded his home at 7am (0500 GMT) before forcing their way in and seizing his assets.
They were seen removing weapons, files and computers from his house, as well as the former internal security minister's two bullet-proof cars.
Dahlan himself was understood to be locked in one room of the house as they were conducting the searches.
Last month, Dahlan was expelled from the ruling body of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party over allegations of financial corruption and murder in a case which is to be referred to the attorney general.
From gulfnews .