Denmark detains man suspected of seeking drones for Hamas

COPENHAGEN: A 28-year-old man was remanded in custody in Denmark on Monday on suspicions of purchasing drones to be used in a Hamas “terrorist attack”, Danish intelligence said Monday.

Flemming Drejer, head of operations at Denmark’s PET intelligence service, said in a statement it believed that “this individual purchased drones intended for use by Hamas in a terrorist attack at an unknown location in Denmark or abroad”.

Appearing before a court on Monday, the man was remanded in custody until June 11.

PET said the case had links to both Hamas and criminal gangs in Denmark, and related to a number of arrests made in December 2023 as part of an operation to prevent a suspected planned “terrorist attack”.

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Six people were ordered detained at the time, four in absentia, among them the 28-year-old man, who Danish media reports said was a prominent figure in organised crime in Copenhagen.

According to public broadcaster DR, the suspect had been extradited from Lebanon over a separate double murder case.

“PET and the Prosecution Service believe that the individual is a leading figure in a prohibited gang and has ties to Hamas,” PET said.

Danish intelligence has repeatedly indicated that the conflict in the Middle East has a “spillover effect” on the “threat landscape” in the Scandinavian country.

“The conflict holds considerable potential for mobilisation that may prompt a number of spontaneous or premeditated reactions, including terrorist attacks, from various known and unknown threat actors,” PET said.