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Police spent two weeks searching through piles of evidence at a suspected terrorist bomb factory, Woolwich Crown Court has been told. | Police spent two weeks searching through piles of evidence at a suspected terrorist bomb factory, Woolwich Crown Court has been told. |
Circuit boards, mobile phones, wiring and batteries were found at the house at Houston, near Glasgow, jurors heard. | |
Prosecutors say it was used by Dr Bilal Abdulla, 29, and the late Kafeel Ahmed to prepare car bomb attacks in London. | Prosecutors say it was used by Dr Bilal Abdulla, 29, and the late Kafeel Ahmed to prepare car bomb attacks in London. |
Dr Abdulla, 29, and a third man, Dr Mohammed Asha, 28, deny conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions. | |
Dr Abdulla and Mr Ahmed are said by the prosecution to have driven a Jeep laden with petrol, gas canisters and nails into Glasgow Airport. | |
Mr Ahmed later died from severe burns. | |
Questioning one of the search team, Mark Heywood, prosecuting, said parts of the house showed evidence of intense activity. | Questioning one of the search team, Mark Heywood, prosecuting, said parts of the house showed evidence of intense activity. |
The officer, who cannot be named for police operational reasons, said: "Clearly on display were a large number of items which we would class from an evidential perspective as being significant." | The officer, who cannot be named for police operational reasons, said: "Clearly on display were a large number of items which we would class from an evidential perspective as being significant." |
Officers smashed down the door of 6 Neuk Crescent, in Houston, on July 1.Piles of evidence were strewn around the house near Glasgow | |
The prosecution says the two men used that address to prepare two Mercedes car bombs - then drove them to London's West End on 29 June last year. | |
But mobile phone detonators in both vehicles failed to ignite gallons of petrol and gas cylinders, the jury was told. | But mobile phone detonators in both vehicles failed to ignite gallons of petrol and gas cylinders, the jury was told. |
Mr Heywood said four Nokia mobile phones, one with wires coming out of it, were also found at the property. | Mr Heywood said four Nokia mobile phones, one with wires coming out of it, were also found at the property. |
The unregistered pay-as-you-go models with their numbers written on the back, were similar to those found in the Mercedes. | The unregistered pay-as-you-go models with their numbers written on the back, were similar to those found in the Mercedes. |
One table top was covered with wires, circuit boards, bulbs and a soldering iron, the jury was told. | One table top was covered with wires, circuit boards, bulbs and a soldering iron, the jury was told. |
Other items recovered included batteries, plastic gloves, Superglue and plastic syringes, Mr Heywood said. | Other items recovered included batteries, plastic gloves, Superglue and plastic syringes, Mr Heywood said. |
A coach ticket from Stratford, east London, to Stansted, and a rail ticket from Stoke to Glasgow, both dated 29 June, were also found. | A coach ticket from Stratford, east London, to Stansted, and a rail ticket from Stoke to Glasgow, both dated 29 June, were also found. |
This is part of the route Dr Abdulla and Mr Ahmed took as they returned home to Scotland from the failed London attacks, the prosecution claimed. | |
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